"Art is the communication of ecstasy." — P D Ouspensky

"Art is the communication of ecstasy."

— P D Ouspensky

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47 Quotes by P D Ouspensky

P D Ouspensky has 47 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

The number of laws is constantly growing in all countries and, owing to this, what is called crime is very…
You can understand other people only as much as you understand yourself and only on the level of your own…
To remember oneself means the same thing as to be aware of oneself - I am. It is not a…
Man has no permanent and unchangeable I. Every thought, every mood, every desire, every sensation says "I." And in each…
Ideas by themselves cannot produce change of being; your effort must go in the right direction, and one must correspond…
The greatest barrier to consciousness is the belief that one is already conscious.
When a man begins to know himself a little he will see in himself many things that are bound to…
Possibly the most interesting first impression of my life came from the world of dreams.
Our ancestors were very rich and eminent people, and they left us an enormous inheritance, which we have completely forgotten,…
I've found that the chief difficulty for most people was to realize that they had really heard new things: that…
Think about death. You do not know how much time remains to you. And remember that if you do not…
Seek the path, do not seek attainment, seek for the path within yourself. Do not expect to hear the truth…

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More Art Quotes

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A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the… — Pietro Aretino
Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them… — Aristotle
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. — Aristotle
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence,… — Aristotle
It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. — Aristotle
Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for… — Aristotle
I'd love to go to art school. I'd love to learn how to draw. I'd love to be fluent in… — Billie Joe Armstrong
There are some forms of religion that are bad, just as there's bad cooking or bad art or bad sex,… — Karen Armstrong
I think it's important as a filmmaker, as any person working in the arts, that you've got to try new… — Darren Aronofsky
I don't care who you are, you're going to choke in certain matches. You get to a point where your… — Arthur Ashe
Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers. — Isaac Asimov

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