arts

"Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant."

"Don't avoid extremes, and don't choose any one extreme. Remain available to both the polarities - that is the art, the secret of balancing."

"I was an awful critic. I operated on the assumption that there was an absolute scale of values against which art could be measured. I didn't trust my own subjective responses."

"When art dresses in worn-out material it is most easily recognized as art."

"I am a real person that cares about his art and cares about what he's doing - I have a heart and a soul and want to touch people and give."

"I just did some calculations and I've been able to determine that you're full of shit."

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

"Photography is a major force in explaining man to man."

"I live making comics. Comics is an industrial art but less suffering, because comics are for young people who are more adventurous. I do that. I live off comics, and then I write books, but when you want movies, you cannot make movies without money."

"Literature is the art of discovering something extraordinary about ordinary people, and saying with ordinary words something extraordinary."

"Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as to how they shall think."

"Stand-up comedy is an art form and it dies unless you expand it."

"You're beautiful and sad,"I said finally, not looking at him when I did. "Just like your eyes. You're like a song that I heard when I was a little kid but forgot I knew until I heard it again."For a long moment there was only the whirring sound of the tires on the road, and then Sam said softly, "Thank you."

"In the big picture, architecture is the art and science of making sure that our cities and buildings fit with the way we want to live our lives."

"A sculptor is a person who is interested in the shape of things, a poet in words, a musician by sounds."

"If commercialization is putting my art on a shirt so that a kid who can't afford a $30,000 painting can buy one, then I'm all for it."

"Words may be false and full of art; Sighs are the natural language of the heart."

"Technology is a compulsive and addictive way to live. Verbal communication cannot be lost because of a lack of skill. The ability to listen and learn is key to mastering the art of communication. If you don't use your verbal skills and networking, it will disappear rapidly. Use technology wisely."

"There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality."

"Once an object has been incorporated in a picture it accepts a new destiny."