arts

"Reason clears and plants the wilderness of the imagination to harvest the wheat of art."

"Art and nature shall always be wrestling until they eventually conquer one another so that the victory is the same stroke and line: that which is conquered, conquers at the same time."

"The people who make art their business are mostly imposters."

"Of all the seasons, winter is the most conducive to the great art of dormancy. This art requires an appreciation of semi-consciousness: the beautiful and necessary prelude to sleep - a special pleasure in itself that is all too often neglected, under-valued or looked down upon."

"When I travel, I draw and paint sketches which is great fun. And as long as you are fully aware that it has nothing to do with actual art, I think that's all right."

"Insurrection is an art, and like all arts has its own laws."

"Life itself is offensive and certainly does not apologize - in fact, it hurts considerably and, as we all know, is often very rude and troublesome, just as nature or art can be."

"Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence."

"Minimal art went nowhere."

"Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term Art, I should call it 'the reproduction of what the Senses perceive in Nature through the veil of the soul.' The mere imitation, however accurate, of what is in Nature, entitles no man to the sacred name of 'Artist.'"

"Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over."

"I want to continue to do some great work. I'm nowhere close to where I want to be. I'm a diverse person who's trying to use his art to make the world better."

"With color one obtains an energy that seems to stem from witchcraft."

"My eyes were made to erase all that is ugly."

"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."

"Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love."

"When you start a company, it's more an art than a science because it's totally unknown. Instead of solving high-profile problems, try to solve something that's deeply personal to you. Ideally, if you're an ordinary person and you've just solved your problem, you might have solved the problem for millions of people."

"I think in art, but especially in films, people are trying to confirm their own existences."

"Nothing is art if it does not come from nature."

"Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse."