Art Quotes

Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.

The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.

Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art.

It is hard to separate the art from the artist.

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

Art is about changing what we see in our everyday lives and representing it in such a way that it gives us hope.

The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.

With just one polka dot, nothing can be achieved. In the universe, there is the sun, the moon, the earth, and hundreds of millions of stars. All of us live in the unfathomable mystery and infinitude of the universe. Pursuing 'philosophy of the universe' through art under such circumstances has led me to what I call 'stereotypical repetition.'

Politics is the art of the possible.

Politics is the art of controlling your environment.

Art is to be free. Design is to fix.

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.'

Art is the window to man's soul. Without it, he would never be able to see beyond his immediate world; nor could the world see the man within.

The world is a slightly better place for having improvisation in it than it was before. There's something about it that says something positive about the human spirit, that a bunch of people can get together and by following a few simple traffic rules can create art and can entertain an audience and can thrill and exalt each other.

Wisdom is nothing but a preparation of the soul, a capacity, a secret art of thinking, feeling and breathing thoughts of unity at every moment of life.

If you learn a martial art, you learn to be dangerous, but simultaneously, you learn to control it.

Nothing is art if it does not come from nature.

What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter - a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue.

Art is all in the details.

There are no contests in the Art of Peace. A true warrior is invincible because he or she contests with nothing. Defeat means to defeat the mind of contention that we harbor within.