Art Quotes - Page 91

One cannot live with sighted eyes and feeling heart and not know and read of the miseries which affect the world.

I think as much as possible, an artist, if he has any kind of social or political concern, has to…expose as much as possible what he sees so that some people think about things that they don’t normally think about… [Art] should be something that liberates the soul, provokes the imagination and encourages people to go further.

[After Communism succeeds] ...then, there will come a peace across the earth.

The great World Champions Morphy, Steinitz, and Lasker were past masters in the art of Pawn play; they had no superiors in their handling of endgames. The present World Champion has not the strength of the other three as an endgame player, and is therefore inferior to them.

Deep in his heart, every man longs for a battle to fight, an adventure to live, and a beauty to rescue.

To be born again is, as it were, to enter upon a new existence, to have a new mind, a new heart, new views, new principles, new tastes, new affections, new likings, new dislikings, new fears, new joys, new sorrows, new love to things once hated, new hatred to things once loved, new thoughts of God, and ourselves, and the world, and the life to come, and salvation.

Yet, taught by time, my heart has learned to glow for other's good, and melt at other's woe.

The artists must see all things as if he were seeing them for the first time. All his life he must see as he did when he was a child.

It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.

A single crocus blossom ought to be enough to convince our heart that springtime, no matter how predictable, is somehow a gift, gratuitous, gratis, a grace.

Because we want the peace with half a heart and half a life and will, the war, of course, continues, because the waging of war, by its nature, is total - but the waging of peace, by our own cowardice, is partial.

I was smart enough to use pot without getting caught, and now I'm on the Supreme Court. If you were stupid enough to get caught, that's your problem. Your appeal is denied. This 40 year sentence just might teach you a lesson.

Nowadays, with digital printing, it's so easy to make everything perfect, which is not always a good idea. Sometimes the mistakes are really what make a piece.

God's Word is the only reliable guideline for living. Following your heart, without the leading of His Word and His Spirit, will lead you to His judgement.

Hearts can deceive. Words can deceive. But eyes we should trust.

A bad boy with a good heart, I think that would be perfect for me.

It has become more and more obvious that there is one political party in America, and that is The Business Party.

I think a smart guy can learn. Some guys learn - it's just like all of us - some guys can learn electronics, some of us can't. Some people can learn something else, some of us can't. I mean, we're all wired differently.

The work of art is already within the block of marble. I just chop off whatever isn't needed.

You cannot hide; your growth as an artist is not separate from your growth as a human being: it is all visible.

When confronted with a challenge, the committed heart will search for a solution. The undecided heart searches for an escape.

Whoever controls the media, the images, controls the culture.

Follow your heart always, and remember to take your head along with you.

Inclusion and fairness in the workplace . . . is not simply the right thing to do; it's the smart thing to do.

The balloon seems to stand still in the air while the earth flies past underneath.