Quotes with art-forms

Quotes 821 till 840 of 1032.

  • Alice Walker The sight of a Black nun strikes their sentimentality; and, as I am unalterably rooted in native ground, they consider me a work of primitive art, housed in a magical color; the incarnation of civilized, anti-heathenism, and the fruit of a triumphing idea.
    Alice Walker
    American Author, Critic (1944 - 1982)
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  • Oscar Wilde The sign of a Philistine age is the cry of immorality against art.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • André Gide The sole art that suits me is that which, rising from unrest, tends toward serenity.
    André Gide
    French writer and Nobel laureate in literature (1947) (1869 - 1951)
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  • Oscar Wilde The stage is not merely the meeting place of all the arts, but is also the return of art to life.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Kurt Vonnegut The telling of jokes is an art of its own, and it always rises from some emotional threat. The best jokes are dangerous, and dangerous because they are in some way truthful.
    Source: Interviewed J. Rentilly (sept. 2002)
    Kurt Vonnegut
    American writer (1922 - 2007)
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  • Ann Macbeth The tensions are always based on financial resources. Something like film is very problematic because it is viewed as an art form and also as an industry with a pure commercial base.
    Ann Macbeth
    British embroiderer, designer, teacher and author (1875 - 1948)
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  • Salvador Dali The terrifying and edible beauty of Art Nouveau architecture.
    Salvador Dali
    Spanish painter (1904 - 1989)
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  • Henri-Frédéric Amiel The test of every religious, political, or educational system is the man that it forms.
    Henri-Frédéric Amiel
    Swiss philosopher and poet (1821 - 1881)
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  • Enid Bagnold The theatre is a gross art, built in sweeps and over-emphasis. Compromise is its second name.
    Enid Bagnold
    British writer, playwright (1889 - 1981)
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  • Samuel Johnson The true art of memory is the art of attention.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • F. L. Lucan The two World Wars came in part, like much modern literature and art, because men, whose nature is to tire of everything in turn, tired of common sense and civilization.
    F. L. Lucan
    Roman epic poet (39 - 65)
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  • Karl Kraus The ultimate aim of psychoanalysis is to attribute art to mental weakness, and then to trace the weakness back to the point where, according to analytic dogma, it originated - namely, the lavatory.
    Karl Kraus
    Austrian writer and journalist (1874 - 1936)
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  • Logan Pearsall Smith The vitality of a new movement in Art must be gauged by the fury it arouses.
    Logan Pearsall Smith
    English writer (1865 - 1946)
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  • Heinrich Heine The weather-cock on the church spire, though made of iron, would soon be broken by the storm-wind if it did not understand the noble art of turning to every wind.
    Heinrich Heine
    German poet (1797 - 1856)
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  • Buzz Osborne The Who is one of my favorite bands of all time. 'The Who Sell Out' is one of the greatest art-project albums of all time.
    Buzz Osborne
    American guitarist, vocalist and songwriter (1964 - )
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  • Anatole France The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.
    Anatole France
    French writer and Nobel laureate in literature (1921) (1844 - 1924)
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  • Arthur Wellesley The whole art of war consists of guessing at what is on the other side of the hill.
    Arthur Wellesley
    Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman (1769 - 1852)
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  • Junot Diaz The whole culture is telling you to hurry, while the art tells you to take your time. Always listen to the art.
    Junot Diaz
    Dominican-American writer (1968 - )
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  • John B. S. Haldane The wise man regulates his conduct by the theories both of religion and science. But he regards these theories not as statements of ultimate fact but as art-forms.
    John B. S. Haldane
    British scientist, writer (1892 - 1964)
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  • Adolf Loos The work of art is brought into the world without there being a need for it. The house satisfies a requirement. The work of art is responsible to none; the house is responsible to everyone. The work of art wants to draw people out of their state of comfort.
    Adolf Loos
    Austrian and Czechoslovak architect (1870 - 1933)
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