The commonality between science and art is in trying to see profoundly – to develop strategies of seeing and showing.
I am still a victim of chess. It has all the beauty of art – and much more. It cannot be commercialized. Chess is much purer than art in its social position.
We have no obligation to make history. We have no obligation to make art. We have no obligation to make a statement. Our obligation is to make money.
Leadership appears to be the art of getting others to want to do something you are convinced should be done.
Ignorance is the first requisite of the historian – ignorance, which simplifies and clarifies, which selects and omits, with a placid perfection unattainable by the highest art.
I wanted to start a revolution, using art to build the sort of society I myself envisioned.
People discuss my art and pretend to understand as if it were necessary to understand, when it’s simply necessary to love.
Art, whatever form it takes, requires hard work, craftsmanship and creativity. As a writer, I know my grammar, cadence, the music of prose, and the art of the narrative.
The challenge is to practice politics as the art of making what appears to be impossible, possible.
As far as playing jazz, no other art form, other than conversation, can give the satisfaction of spontaneous interaction.
Art and creativity are crucial, whether you’re a mathematician, a scientist, or an artist.
Shapewear is the canvas and the clothes are the art.
What other people may find in poetry or art museums, I find in the flight of a good drive.
Theatre is the art form of the present: it exists only in the present, and then it’s gone.
Art is, for me, the process of trying to wake up the soul. Because we live in an industrialized, fast-paced world that prefers that the soul remain asleep.
Real art is one of the most powerful forces in the rise of mankind, and he who renders it accessible to as many people as possible is a benefactor of humanity.
I always said God was against art and I still believe it.
Art hath an enemy called Ignorance.
Art is not predictable. Art is not golf, as great as that may be. There are 360 degrees of choice to make.
As an artist, you’re taking your experiences and placing them into your art. So the more experiences you have, the richer your art and more people can relate to it.
Once you take yourself too seriously the art will suffer.
Beautiful music is the art of the prophets that can calm the agitations of the soul; it is one of the most magnificent and delightful presents God has given us.
Never judge a work of art by its defects.
I don’t like to say I have given my life to art. I prefer to say art has given me my life.
Let each man exercise the art he knows.
