arts

"In the first book of my Discworld series, published more than 26 years ago, I introduced Death as a character; there was nothing particularly new about this - death has featured in art and literature since medieval times, and for centuries we have had a fascination with the Grim Reaper."

"Wherever the art of medicine is loved, there is also a love of humanity."

"I remember that - you know, I didn't receive a formal education. I was educated in the Montevideo cafe, in the cafes of Montevideo. There, I received my first lessons in the art of telling stories, storytelling."

"I consider skateboarding an art form, a lifestyle and a sport. 'Action sport' would be the least offensive categorization."

"In our fast-forward culture, we have lost the art of eating well. Food is often little more than fuel to pour down the hatch while doing other stuff - surfing the Web, driving, walking along the street. Dining al desko is now the norm in many workplaces. All of this speed takes a toll. Obesity, eating disorders and poor nutrition are rife."

"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."

"Nature is inside art as its content, not outside as its model."

"People who think about art as an investment are pathetic."

"Art will never be able to exist without nature."

"My imagination can picture no fairer happiness than to continue living for art."

"Of what use were the arts if they were only the reproduction and the imitation of life?"

"Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to possess internal order, and that is why, though I don't believe that only art matters, I do believe in Art for Art's sake."

"Art evokes the mystery without which the world would not exist."

"Beauty is terror. Whatever we call beautiful, we quiver before it."

"Homer has taught all other poets the art of telling lies skillfully."

"I like playing with that space between laughter and discomfort where your discomfort can also make you laugh, and you're confused about the mixed feelings. That's challenging, and I think that's what makes for some of the best art."

"Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued."

"Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one."

"I see myself and many artists like me as the torchbearers through these dark ages."

"Society is like a large piece of frozen water; and skating well is the great art of social life."