Art Quotes
The conquest of the earth... is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much. What redeems it is the idea only... not a sentimental pretence but an idea.Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness
A chief event in life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us.Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the other.Honore de Balzac
Life is real Life is earnest And the grave is not its goal Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soul.Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
All that is worth cherishing begins in the heart, not the head.Suzanne Chapin
What the mass media offers is not popular art, but entertainment which is intended to be consumed like food, forgotten, and replaced by a new dish.W. H. Auden
We shall not cease from our exploration, and at the end of all our exploring, we shall arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.T. S. Eliott
Enough shovels of earth.......................... a mountain. Enough pails of water............................... a river.Chinese Prove
Did you exchange a walk - On part in a war, for a leading role in a cage?Pink Floyd, song "Wish You Were Here".
A quotation in a speech, article or book is like a rifle in the hands of an infantryman. It speaks with authority.Brendan Francis
In a great romance, each person plays a part the other really likes.Elizabeth Ashley
As for me, except for an occasional heart attack, I feel as young as I ever did.Robert Benchley
The only business of the head in the world is to bow a ceaseless obeisance to the heart.William Butler Yeats
It is the mind which creates the world about us, and even though we stand side by side in the same meadow, my eyes will never see what is beheld by yours, my heart will never stir to the emotions with which yours is touched.George Gissing
The way to win an atomic war is to make certain it never starts.Omar Bradley, Speech to Boston Chamber of Commerce, 1948
Death be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadfull, for thou art not so, For, those, whom thou thinkst, thou dost overthrow, die not, poor death, nor yet canst thou kill me.John Donne
Talk not of wasted affection, affection never was wasted, If it enrich not the heart of another, its waters returning Back to their springs, like the rain shall fill them full of refreshment That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on earth.George Bernard Shaw
The advertisement is the most truthful part of a newspaper.Thomas Jefferson
Thou art a Man, God is no more. Thy own humanity learn to adore.William Blake
And if it all falls apart, I will know deep in my heart, the only dream that mattered had come true. In this life, I was loved by you.Colin Raye
Alcohol is a very necessary article... It makes life bearable to millions of people who could not endure their existence if they were quite sober. It enables Parliament to do things at eleven at night that no sane person would do at eleven in the morning.George Bernard Shaw, Major Barbara (1907) act 2
The price we pay when pursuing any art or calling, is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side.James Arthur Baldwin
Painting The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to the critic.Ambrose Bierce
In a full heart there is room for everything, and in an empty heart there is room for nothing.Antonio Porchia, Voices
If any of us had a child that we thought was as bad as we know we are, we would have cause to start to worry.Will Rogers
If the Prince of Peace should come to earth, one of the first things he would do would be to put psychiatrists in their place.Aldous Huxley
Friendship is the golden thread that ties the hearts of all hearts of all the world.John Evelyn
The rich are the scum of the earth in every country.G. K. Chesterton, Flying Inn (1914)
There are only two kinds of freedom in the world; the freedom of the rich and powerful, and the freedom of the artist and the monk who renounces possessions.Anais Nin
Misanthropes need people without a steady supply, the misanthrope cannot fully apply his art.Polly Whitney
My heart is pure as the driven slush.Tallulah Bankhead
I don? t really do New Year? s resolutions because I don? t think you should have to wait until December to start working on how to change yourself. I think if you? ve got a problem, you need to fix it now.Clay Aiken
To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else.Emily Dickinson
Gallia est omnis divisa in partres tres. All Gaul is divided into three parts.Gaius Julius Caesa
Art is either plagiarism or revolution.Paul Gauguin
If an artist is not able to commit himself totally to his art, how can he expect the world to do so.Unknown
