Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" All art is but imitation of nature. "

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Related Quotes:

" The art of statesmanship is to foresee the inevitable and to expedite its occurrence. "

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

" The only art I have is a Polaroid from Peter Beard from his book. I shot with him four years ago, and he did a special Polaroid for me, so I consider it a piece of art. "

" Professionalism in art has this difficulty: To be professional is to be dependable, to be dependable is to be predictable, and predictability is esthetically boring - an anti-virtue in a field where we hope to be astonished and startled and at some deep level refreshed. "

" My popularity has to do with the divorce between modern art, where everything is obscure, and the viewer who often feels he needs a professor to tell them whether it's good or not. I believe a painting has to talk directly to the viewer, with composition, color and design, without a professor to explain it. "

Fernando Botero

" The sincerity of the art worker must permeate the song as naturally as the green leaves break through the dead branches in springtime. "

" Diplomacy: the art of restraining power. "

Henry Kissinger

" Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant. "

" An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world. "

George Santayana

" Art is a harmony parallel with nature. "

" Impressionism is the newspaper of the soul. "

" Art is pattern informed by sensibility. "

" Works of art make rules; rules do not make works of art. "

" That is never too often repeated, which is never sufficiently learned. "

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

" Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others. "

" Art ought never to be considered except in its relations with its ideal beauty. "

Alfred de Vigny

" Every human is an artist. The dream of your life is to make beautiful art. "

Don Miguel Ruiz

" 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. "

" Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity. "

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

" If you go back to the Greeks and Romans, they talk about all three - wine, food, and art - as a way of enhancing life. "

" Murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums. "

" Art begins with resistance - at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor. "

" Nothing is so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness is it to be expecting evil before it comes. "

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

" When I sit down to begin penciling a page, most of the hard work for me is done. I can concentrate solely on my art from that point on, which is the fun part! "

Raina Telgemeier

" I used to love to draw. I didn't want to go to art class because I felt that would be too corny when I was young, but architectural drafting was the cool thing to do because there was more precision. It taught me a lot about building and structures and doorways and frames and windowsills. "

" One's art goes as far and as deep as one's love goes. "

" The highs, the lows, the peaks, the valleys, whatever, it's all going to go into the art, whether I'm singing or acting or whatever. "

" The art of delegation is one of the key skills any entrepreneur must master. "

Richard Branson

" Irresponsibility is part of the pleasure of all art; it is the part the schools cannot recognize. "

" I love having my hands in the dirt. It is never a science and always an art. There are no rules. And if it comes down to me versus that weed I'm trying to pull out of the ground that doesn't want to come out? I know I'll win. "

Matthew McConaughey

" Envy is the art of counting the other fellow's blessings instead of your own. "