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Art, science, philosophy, religion -- each offers at best only a crude simplification of actual living experience.
I take the horsemanship very seriously and I treat it with the same integrity that one would any of the fine arts.
If a work of art or a new style disturbs you, then it is probably good work. If you hate it, it is probably great.
Mrs. Patrick Cambell is an aged British battleship sinking rapidly and firing every available gun on her rescuers.
As humans we look at things and think about what we've looked at. We treasure it in a kind of private art gallery.
Everybody gets inspired. We all have these moments. It just depends on whether you've got the ability to seize it.
I didn't like anti-Vietnam War art. I didn't like feminist art. I thought it was heavy-handed and stupid - as art.
Art ... is as much a source of happiness for the beginner as for the master. One forgets everything in one's work.
Photography does not create eternity, as art does; it embalms time, rescuing it simply from its proper corruption.
Karate aims to build character, improve human behavior, and cultivate modesty; it does not, however, guarantee it.
Tis the privilege of Art Thus to play its cheerful part, Man on earth to acclimate And bend the exile to his fate.
Man can find no better retreat from the world than art, and man can find no stronger link with the world than art.
Magic's an art where you use slight of hand or illusion to create wonder. And I was just intrigued with that idea.
The truth of art keeps science from becoming inhuman, and the truth of science keeps art from becoming ridiculous.
Art imitating life and life imitating art, and it's beyond the job - it will always be a marked period in my life.
Every other artist begins with a blank canvas, a piece of paper the photographer begins with the finished product.
And if out of a million visitors there is even one to whom art means something, that is enough to justify museums.
An acceptance of your cultural inheritance, and at the same time a dislike of it, is a building block of good art.
I would trade many an art-film classic for the final exchange between Redford and Streisand in front of the Plaza.
Yes, I believe that the art of winning is through intimidation, and not necessarily do you have to speak about it.
Everyday that goes by I try to improve myself and searching for something that may even be impossible; perfection.
Art must be in touch with nature - and wherever that touch is gone, Art degenerates - yet it must be above nature.
Tradition, thou art for suckling children, Thou art the enlivening milk for babes, But no meat for men is in thee.
I have Social Disease. I have to go out every night. If I stay home one night I start spreading rumors to my dogs.
When one is young, one venerates and despises without that art of nuances which constitutes the best gain of life.
My sister is an artist and an interior designer. She went to high school for art. I went to high school for music.
Of course, in order to make art, the frustration of not working has to be greater than the frustration of working.
The art of spirituality is learning to be happy in any condition and in any circumstance. This is the art of love.
Outcomes rarely turn on grand gestures or the art of the deal, but on whether you've sent someone a thank-you note.
Even those truths that are painful will ultimately increase my wisdom, undergird my strength, make possible my art.
The thing about art for me is that you can go on theorising your work forever, because it's open to interpretation.
In the midst of difficulties we are always ready to seize an advantage, we may extricate ourselves from misfortune.
I originally thought I'd be an ordinary business man, but I really like art, so that's how I became a manga artist.
If cooking becomes an art form rather than a means of providing a reasonable diet, then something is clearly wrong.
Half the art of ballooning is to make your crashes so gentle that you can fool yourself into calling them landings.
We do not escape into philosophy, psychology, and art--we go there to restore our shattered selves into whole ones.
A good many inconveniences attend playgoing in any large city, but the greatest of them is usually the play itself.
Great art is the expression of a solution of the conflict between the demands of the world without and that within.
I have always believed that opera is a planet where the muses work together, join hands and celebrate all the arts.
What is great about art and artists is that we get to ask the questions, even though we may never know the answers.
I like the illicit nature of street art, but I won't miss the opportunity to make a nice piece because it is legal.
A certain columnist has been banned from all Shubert openings. Now he can wait three days and go to their closings.
But mathematics is the sister, as well as the servant, of the arts and is touched with the same madness and genius.
All art is advertising. It stands for a particular point of view. Art that exploits badness is advertising badness.
I always try to balance the light with the heavy - a few tears of human spirit in with the sequins and the fringes.
Well, I enjoy my life. You know, I think life is an art, and that one has to live it as an art. That's your choice.
For the first time in my career, I'm working in a fine-arts arena, so I'm finally getting some intelligent reviews.
I chose faces and figures as my subject matter simply due to the fact that the human form is already beautiful art.
You know, one of the only times I ever wrote about art was the obituary of Warhol that I did for the Village Voice.
Art is a divine thing. It can only be rightly expressed if opposed, to bring out its inner beauty that lies behind.