Art Quotes - Page 224

The function of the creative artist consists of making laws, not in following laws already made.

If something comes from your heart, it will reach the heart of your audience.

If I, as a human being and artist represent anything in the world, it is my Jewish people, and therefore Israel is the only state on our planet which I want to represent with my art and all my public activities, no matter where I live.

To dance, put your hand on your heart and listen to the sound of your soul.

A picture is nothing but a bridge between the soul of the artist and that of the spectator.

Martial arts should be part of every girl's education.

Ever since I was very young, as far back as I can remember, I have loved making pictures. I knew even as a child that, when I grew up, I would be an artist of some kind. The lovely feeling of my pencil touching paper, a crayon making a star shape in my sketchbook, or my brush dipping into bright and colorful paints — these things affect me as joyfully today as they did all those years ago.

Nothing spoils a good party like a genius.

Unemployment is bigger than a political party. It is a national danger and a national scandal.

My mind was in my heart, anchored like a bright kite in a safe place.

Good art should elicit a response of 'Huh? Wow!' as opposed to ‘Wow! Huh?'

Writing is the art of applying the ass to the seat.

It takes a lot of things to prove you are smart, but only one thing to prove you are ignorant.

God, make me a man with thick skin and a soft heart. Make me a man who is tough and tender. Make me tough so I can handle life. Make me tender so I can love people. God, make me a man.

Women keep a special corner of their hearts for sins they have never committed.

Listen to advice, but follow your heart.

To see far is one thing, going there is another.

What can I give Him, Poor as I am? If I were a shepherd I would bring a lamb. If I were a Wise Man I would do my part. Yet what can I give Him? I give Him my heart.

There's a great appetite for smart television. Every day I get up and there are interesting stories I want to do.

Any path is only a path, and there is no affront to oneself or to others, in dropping it if that is what your heart tells you.

If you don't care about losing, you will focus on technique.

Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal.

Art imitates life and, sometimes, life imitates art. It's a weird combination of elements.

If I try to understand what it means to be a Christian, I look at the two instructions that were given in the Bible that are paramount, and those are to love God with all your heart and mind, and to love your neighbor as yourself. That's it.

When you win a race your on top that day, so take it for what its worth, have a good time and party, cause the next day when you get out of bed, the meter goes back to zero again.