arts

"I believe the target of anything in life should be to do it so well that it becomes an art."

"A man paints with his brains and not with his hands."

"Vulnerability is the essence of romance. It's the art of being uncalculated, the willingness to look foolish, the courage to say, 'This is me, and I'm interested in you enough to show you my flaws with the hope that you may embrace me for all that I am but, more important, all that I am not.'"

"Every good painter paints what he is."

"Life is not an exact science, it is an art."

"Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness."

"If you have good songs and a real desire to make music, the next thing to do, instead of approach record companies, is to get yourself a really good manager because then it allows you to focus on your profession of being a musician. Then they can focus on the darker art of the record label and the music industry."

"Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still."

"I collect art, and I drink wine... things that I like that I had never been exposed to. But I never said, 'I'm going to buy art to impress this crowd.' That's just ridiculous to me. I don't live my life like that, because how could you be happy with yourself?"

"The new job of art is to sit on the wall and get more expensive."

"The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing."

"All art is dependent on technology because it's a human endeavour, so even when you're using charcoal on a wall or designed the proscenium arch, that's technology."

"Whether it be personal or musical, I just think I'm a walking art piece, just a ball of creativity."

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

"In France, cooking is a serious art form and a national sport."

"Rhetoric may be defined as the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion. This is not a function of any other art."

"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."

"Sleeping is no mean art: for its sake one must stay awake all day."

"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?"

"Angry, and half in love with her, and tremendously sorry, I turned away."