The Art Quotes

In the art game we do our own cooking.

The art which speaks to a universal audience concerns itself with the 'big' questions of life and death, and delivers its message with unrelenting and powerful emotion.

Art springs from life but it doesn't mean we have to be tyrannized by it.

The truth of the matter is that the people who succeed in the arts most often are the people who get up again after getting knocked down. Persistence is critical.

Poetry is language in orbit.

Making films is great. You've got 100 people around and you're all dressing up and making weird art - it's a fun group activity.

I spend my time trying to figure art out. I was brought up to believe that the way one processes information is by making it into art. That's how I live my life.

An artist is someone who uses bravery, insight, creativity, and boldness to challenge the status quo. And an artist takes it personally.

The art, the new, the ability to connect the dots and to make an impact - sooner or later, that can only come from one who creates, not from a teacher and not from a book.

Denigrating art you don't understand doesn't hurt the art - it reveals something about your willingness to learn.

I have found my voice again and the art of using it.

When I was young, I was interested in Renaissance art.

There has always been a correlation between money and art.

A work of art has an author and yet, when it is perfect, it has something which is anonymous about it.

One usually understands the art of the past by applying the conventions of the present thus misunderstanding the art of the past.

What the work of art looks like isn't too important.

The narrative of serial art works more like music than like literature.

I was not interested in irony; I wanted to emphasize the primacy of the idea in making art

The best advice on the art of being happy is about as easy to follow as advice to be well when one is sick.

It is not the job of art to mirror. Images reflected in a mirror appear to us in reverse. An artist's responsibility is to reveal consciousness; to produce a human document.

You can disseminate your art, and it's all such easy access now. The upside to it is that more people are creating than ever before.

Dance is an art, so day by day, it's growing and there are new things that can be done.

Tradition, thou art for suckling children, Thou art the enlivening milk for babes, But no meat for men is in thee.

Human requirements are the inspiration for art.

When I went to college, I wasn't interested in fashion anymore - I was interested in art.

American Muse, whose strong and diverse heart So many men have tried to understand But only made it smaller with their art, Because you are as various as your land.

But even in my darkest days I had faith it would turn around.

We're one of the last handmade art forms. There's no fast way to make plays. It takes just as long and is just as hard as it was a thousand years ago.

I'd rather produce art than become art.

Why do they call it the Department of Interior when they are in charge of everything outdoors?

Stopping is a spiritual art. It is the refuge where we drink life in.

The military has no constant form, just as water has no constant shape - adapt as you face the enemy, without letting them know beforehand what you are going to do.

Ground which can be freely traversed by both sides is called accessible.

There are not more than five musical notes, yet the combinations of these five give rise to more melodies than can ever be heard.

As water shapes its flow in accordance with the ground, so an army manages its victory in accordance with the situation of the enemy.

Hence the experienced soldier, once in motion, is never bewildered; once he has broken camp, he is never at a loss.

As water has no constant form, there are in war no constant conditions.

If the enemy has occupied them before you, do not follow him, but retreat and try to entice him away.

Should the enemy forestall you in occupying a pass, do not go after him if the pass is fully garrisoned, but only if it is weakly garrisoned.

If there is disturbance in the camp, the general's authority is weak. If the banners and flags are shifted about, sedition is afoot. If the officers are angry, it means that the men are weary.

If you are situated at a great distance from the enemy, and the strength of the two armies is equal, it is not easy to provoke a battle, and fighting will be to your disadvantage.

At first, then, exhibit the coyness of a maiden, until the enemy gives you an opening; afterwards emulate the rapidity of a running hare, and it will be too late for the enemy to oppose you.

When orders are consistently trustworthy and observed, the relationship of a commander with his troops is satisfactory.

Hence the saying: One may know how to conquer without being able to do it.

Carefully study the well-being of your men, and do not overtax them. Concentrate your energy and hoard your strength. Keep your army continually on the move, and devise unfathomable plans.

Now this foreknowledge cannot be elicited from spirits; it cannot be obtained inductively from experience, nor by any deductive calculation.

Victory is the main object in war.

Thus, though I have heard of successful military operations that were clumsy but swift, cleverness has never been seen associated with long delays.

He must be able to mystify his officers and men by false reports and appearances, and thus keep them in total ignorance.

When the soldiers stand leaning on their spears, they are faint from want of food.