Art Quote by Mokokoma Mokhonoana Download Open image ““Before civilization, artists painted for the living. Today, most paint for a living.”” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Art Artist Civilization Culture Life Make-a-living Money Painting Rent Sellout Social-commentary Survival
“To live is to paint, it is to create; but while we are painting, we are being painted, being created as well!” — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
“Though a living cannot be made from art, art makes life worth living. It makes starving, living.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Art is art and life is life, but to live life artistically; that is the art of life” — Peter Altenberg Copy Share Image
“Art is not merely a decorative enhancement of our lives, but a sign of our desire to live in the world fully and honestly.” — Jan Zwicky Copy Share Image
“The most beautiful paintings in existence today are the ones which were not painted by anyone.” — Karel Teige Copy Share Image
“If you’re to choose to paint your life today... What will it be? Remember, you’re the artist, not the canvas.” — Val Uchendu Copy Share Image
“To create works of art meant no less to him than to paint life, not mere reality, but the principle of life.” — Ingo Walther Copy Share Image
“Salesmanship is usually the art of making it the prospect’s problem, the salesperson’s need or desire to earn money.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Arguments led by subjectivity are a waste of time. And, if they take place online, add to that, a waste of one’s keyboard.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“A car is one of the most interesting inventions, but driving is one of the most boring activities.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Dating is a man-made ideology: if having a lover was a prerequisite to living, one would either be in a relationship, or, six feet… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Work is a vehicle with which man chases some fleeting destination called a full tummy.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“A phone call should be a convenience to the caller, not an inconvenience to the called.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Employment is an employee’s kissing of an employer’s ass. A salary is the employer’s pretense to be cleaning his ass.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“*Nothing is free* asserts two things. Both assertions are true.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“For their never-ending endeavours to obtain or retain wealth, countries desperately need companies, because they—unlike most human beings—have the means of production, and human… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Some of our friends are our friends only because we used to be friends.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“*You only get one chance to make a first impression.* Ah, whatever!!! Who said you get three chances to make the second impression?!!” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Before Noah, men having only water to drink, could not find the truth. Accordingly...they became abominably wicked, and they were justly exterminated by the… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“Hear the sum of the whole matter in the compass of one brief word — every art possessed by man comes from Prometheus.” — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
I think most artists feel like they're outside society - no matter how many accolades they receive, or how much money is in your… — Aaron Rose Copy Share Image
The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
That's the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“So, really," continued Jacob as if this were perfectly normal to expound on art in these circumstances, "when you think about it, the artists… — Justina Chen Headley Copy Share Image
“There are two options in art; either to adopt philosophical life by dissecting art, or to write your own philosophical life and claim it… — Taf Teh Copy Share Image
The house has to serve comfort. The work of art is revolutionary; the house is conservative. — Adolf Loos Copy Share Image
During human progress, every science is evolved out of its corresponding art. — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
In literature and art memory is a synonym for invention. It is the life-blood of imagination, which faints and dies when the veins are… — Robert Aris Willmott Copy Share Image
I think a business guy is different from an artist. They walk different paths. Artists create the best outputs when they're having fun. And… — G-Dragon Copy Share Image