Teachers believe they have a gift for giving; it drives them with the same irrepressible drive that drives others to create a work of art or a market or a building. 702
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. 771
You can calculate the worth of a man by the number of his enemies, and the importance of a work of art by the harm that is spoken of it. 685
Men’s magazines often feature pictures of naked ladies. Women’s magazines also often feature pictures of naked ladies. This is because the female body is a beautiful work of art, while the male body is hairy and lumpy and should not be seen by the light of day. 896
We work in the dark – we do what we can – we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art. 700
What I’ve discovered is that in art, as in music, there’s a lot of truth-and then there’s a lie. The artist is essentially creating his work to make this lie a truth, but he slides it in amongst all the others. The tiny little lie is the moment I live for, my moment. It’s the moment that the audience falls in love. 730
The work of art assumes the existence of the perfect spectator, and is indifferent to the fact that no such person exists. 668
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. 706
