arts

"If a man devotes himself to art, much evil is avoided that happens otherwise if one is idle."

"Dancers are a work of art - they are the canvas on which their work is painted."

"Space is the breath of art."

"Friendship- my definition- is built on two things. Respect and trust. Both elements have to be there. And it has to be mutual. You can have respect for someone, but if you don't have trust, the friendship will crumble."

"All I know is movies; I went to school, but movies are my reference point for everything. I figured I'd have to P.A. or intern in the art department. Because the filmmaking process is so many people creating to make one piece of magic, so I've always wanted to be involved. With the acting, I doubted it."

"Art must take reality by surprise."

"Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it."

"The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things."

"Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy."

"Art is always and everywhere the secret confession, and at the same time the immortal movement of its time."

"Don't you know that every perfect life would mean the end of art?"

"The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery."

"Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers."

"Censorship is to art as lynching is to justice."

"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."

"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 art, at a certain level, there is no 'better than.' It's just about trying to operate for yourself on the most supreme level, artistically, that you can and hoping that people get it. Trusting that, just because of the way people are built and how interconnected we are, greatness will translate and symmetry will be recognised."

"What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do, is to revive the old art of Lying."

"The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection."

"What I wish to show when I paint is the way I see things with my eyes and in my heart."