arts

"Just as the development of earth art and installation art stemmed from the idea of taking art out of the galleries, the basis of my involvement with public art is a continuation of wall drawings."

"The momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil."

"You can go through life and make new friends every year - every month practically - but there was never any substitute for those friendships of childhood that survive into adult years. Those are the ones in which we are bound to one another with hoops of steel."

"Simplicity, clarity, singleness: These are the attributes that give our lives power and vividness and joy as they are also the marks of great art. They seem to be the purpose of God for his whole creation."

"Art and Religion are, then, two roads by which men escape from circumstance to ecstasy. Between aesthetic and religious rapture there is a family alliance. Art and Religion are means to similar states of mind."

"Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the art of life is to get the message."

"One must always draw, draw with the eyes, when one cannot draw with a pencil."

"There will be very few occasions when you are absolutely certain about anything. You will consistently be called upon to make decisions with limited information. That being the case, your goal should not be to eliminate uncertainty. Instead, you must develop the art of being clear in the face of uncertainty."

"Is standing by the window muttering about blood something he does all the time?"asked Simon."No,"Jace said. "Sometimes he sits on the couch and does it."

"Culture is the arts elevated to a set of beliefs."

"Performance has to be mainstream art. This is what I'm fighting for."

"Keep in mind that people change, but the past doesn't."

"Wherever art appears, life disappears."

"Burdens are for shoulders strong enough to carry them."

"A beautiful lady is an accident of nature. A beautiful old lady is a work of art."

"Auction houses run a rigged game. They know exactly how many people will be bidding on a work and exactly who they are. In a gallery, works of art need only one person who wants to pay for them."

"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."

"To want friendship is a great fault. Friendship ought to be a gratuitous joy, like the joys afforded by art or life."

"Perhaps it's good for one to suffer. Can an artist do anything if he's happy? Would he ever want to do anything? What is art, after all, but a protest against the horrible inclemency of life?"

"The art of effective listening is essential to clear communication, and clear communication is necessary to management success."