arts

"The work of art assumes the existence of the perfect spectator, and is indifferent to the fact that no such person exists."

"All married couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of making love. Good battle is objective and honest - never vicious or cruel. Good battle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principles of equal partnership."

"The task of art today is to bring chaos into order."

"The human soul is hungry for beauty; we seek it everywhere - in landscape, music, art, clothes, furniture, gardening, companionship, love, religion, and in ourselves. No one would desire not to be beautiful. When we experience the beautiful, there is a sense of homecoming."

"The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls."

"I don't know if One Direction will stand the test of time. I have a niece who goes crazy for them. But the only way to judge art is to wait and see if it becomes evergreen. This takes a bit of time. Adele is a very good musician and I'd like to sing with her. But, again, time will tell if her music will become evergreen."

"A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament."

"I'm not really sure what social message my art carries, if any. And I don't really want it to carry one. I'm not interested in the subject matter to try to teach society anything, or to try to better our world in any way."

"A work of art is a world in itself reflecting senses and emotions of the artist's world."

"I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be ignorance, and affection to be art."

"The wonders of the Grand Canyon cannot be adequately represented in symbols of speech, nor by speech itself. The resources of the graphic art are taxed beyond their powers in attempting to portray its features. Language and illustration combined must fail."

"Blue thou art, intensely blue; Flower, whence came thy dazzling hue?"

"I started to make a study of the art of war and revolution and, whilst abroad, underwent a course in military training. If there was to be guerrilla warfare, I wanted to be able to stand and fight with my people and to share the hazards of war with them."

"Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience."

"I think of art, at its most significant, as a DEW line, a Distant Early Warning system that can always be relied on to tell the old culture what is beginning to happen to it."

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

"Pitching is the art of instilling fear."

"Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of art."

"Art is the objectification of feeling."

"Football is an art, like dancing is an art - but only when it's well done does it become an art."