The work of art, just like any fragment of human life considered in its deepest meaning, seems to me devoid of value if it does not offer the hardness, the rigidity, the regularity, the luster on every interior and exterior facet, of the crystal. 570
Medicine is not only a science; it is also an art. It does not consist of compounding pills and plasters; it deals with the very processes of life, which must be understood before they may be guided. 624
Let us be true: this is the highest maxim of art and of life, the secret of eloquence and of virtue, and of all moral authority. 999
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. 934
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. 613
What strikes me is the fact that in our society, art has become something which is only related to objects, and not to individuals, or to life. 644
My age and health will never allow me to realize the dream of art I’ve been pursuing all my life. 626
Great art is the outward expression of an inner life in the artist, and this inner life will result in his personal vision of the world. 591
Great artists are people who find the way to be themselves in their art. Any sort of pretension induces mediocrity in art and life alike. 622
Art is only a means to life, to the life more abundant. It is not in itself the life more abundant. It merely points the way, something which is overlooked not only by the public, but very often by the artist himself. In becoming an end it defeats itself. 524
It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance… and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process. 1.36K
Memory is a great artist. For every man and for every woman it makes the recollection of his or her life a work of art and an unfaithful record. 579
Winners have the ability to step back from the canvas of their lives like an artist gaining perspective. They make their lives a work of art – an individual masterpiece. 559