If we could but paint with the hand what we see with the eye.
Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless.
The art of motherhood involves much silent, unobtrusive self-denial, an hourly devotion which finds no detail too minute.
A picture is a poem without words.
Politics is the art of controlling your environment.
'Crazy' is a term of art; 'Insane' is a term of law. Remember that, and you will save yourself a lot of trouble.
Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.
I like elegance. I like art nouveau; a stretched line or curve. These things are very much in the foreground of my work.
Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.
Art is the final cunning of the human soul which would rather do anything than face the gods.
All art is a struggle to be, in a particular sort of way, virtuous.
Photographing a cake can be art.
Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression.
The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique.
Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.
Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.
I don't understand it. Jack will spend any amount of money to buy votes but he balks at investing a thousand dollars in a beautiful painting.
Every good painter paints what he is.
My painting does not come from the easel.
I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own.
The modern artist is working with space and time, and expressing his feelings rather than illustrating.
Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is.
The construction of Europe is an art. It is the art of the possible.
Our Father which art in heaven - Stay there - And we will stay on earth - Which is sometimes so pretty.
In this world, with thy earthly life, thou art under heaven, stars, and elements, also under hell and devils; all ruleth in thee, and over thee.
The art of effective listening is essential to clear communication, and clear communication is necessary to management success.
There are no categories in contemporary art. There are no rules. Artists are given the freedom to make and create whatever they please and call it whatever they please. I identify with that system, or lack of system, much more than I do the landscape of contemporary publishing.
The art of communication is the language of leadership.
Great art is an instant arrested in eternity.
Irresponsibility is part of the pleasure of all art; it is the part the schools cannot recognize.
It is a symbol of Irish art. The cracked looking-glass of a servant.
Blue thou art, intensely blue; Flower, whence came thy dazzling hue?
That's the motivation of an artist - to seek attention of some kind.
We have spent billions to go to the moon - we go to this lesser satellite called the moon and say we are in space, but we are in space right now; we just don't feel ourselves to be in space. Some forms of art and some forms of spirituality do give us that sense.
All art is contemporary art because it had to be made when it was now.
An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision.
One of the most important things in the digital world is being able to story-tell and help people envision the art of the possible with respect to different technologies.
Art is what defines us, what makes us human.
If you're a new artist, practice your art and share it. Set up shop somewhere, whether it's a street corner or a coffee shop. I got my start in a coffee shop that didn't even have live music. I wanted to play in coffee shops that did have live music, but I didn't have an audience.
I think it's important to earn your fan base and not just try to immediately advance to the top. If you ride to the top quickly, you're liable to fall as quickly. Take your time. It's a long journey ahead of you as an artist. There's nowhere that you're supposed to be other than right now living inside of your art.
I am not strong on perfection.
The art of a people is a true mirror to their minds.
I collect art, and I drink wine... things that I like that I had never been exposed to. But I never said, 'I'm going to buy art to impress this crowd.' That's just ridiculous to me. I don't live my life like that, because how could you be happy with yourself?
I'm not gonna give the British Government the joy of keeping taxing me. They don't tax art. And all my cars are just a collection of art.
Art saved me; it got me through my depression and self-loathing, back to a place of innocence.
Art attracts us only by what it reveals of our most secret self.
The cinema is not a craft. It is an art. It does not mean teamwork. One is always alone on the set as before the blank page. And to be alone... means to ask questions. And to make films means to answer them.
I don't think about art when I'm working. I try to think about life.
I don't listen to what art critics say. I don't know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is.
Art is a fruit that grows in man, like a fruit on a plant, or a child in its mother's womb.