He has only half learned the art of reading who has not added to it the more refined art of skipping and skimming. 731
Music is God’s gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven. 662
The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art is born, the artist must be ready to be consumed by the fire of his own creation. 702
Art is the most beautiful deception of all. And although people try to incorporate the everyday events of life in it, we must hope that it will remain a deception lest it become a utilitarian thing, sad as a factory. 1.07K
You can’t but know that if you can capture the emotions of the audience as well as their minds, the play will work better, because it’s a narrative art form. 765
I think that one’s art is a growth inside one. I do not think one can explain growth. It is silent and subtle. One does not keep digging up a plant to see how it grows. 612
It was Public Art, defined as art that is purchased by experts who are not spending their own personal money. 672
What an artist is trying to do for people is bring them closer to something, because of course art is about sharing. You wouldn’t be an artist unless you wanted to share an experience, a thought. 958
Building art is a synthesis of life in materialised form. We should try to bring in under the same hat not a splintered way of thinking, but all in harmony together. 700
After a few months in my parents’ basement, I took an apartment near the state university, where I discovered both crystal methamphetamine and conceptual art. Either one of these things are dangerous, but in combination they have the potential to destroy entire civilizations. 652
The art of healing comes from nature, not from the physician. Therefore the physician must start from nature, with an open mind. 644
