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" Art has a double face, of expression and illusion, just like science has a double face: the reality of error and the phantom of truth. "

Publilius Syrus

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" The timid man calls himself cautious, the sordid man thrifty. "

Publilius Syrus

" 'The Lady's World' should be made the recognized organ for the expression of women's opinions on all subjects of literature, art and modern life, and yet it should be a magazine that men could read with pleasure. "

" Memory is a great artist. For every man and for every woman it makes the recollection of his or her life a work of art and an unfaithful record. "

" Fast bowling is an art, like spin bowling. "

" All art is but imitation of nature. "

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

" Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials. "

" Programming is the art of algorithm design and the craft of debugging errant code. "

" People who don't like me talk about it as though I'm trash because I have tattoos. I find that insane because it's 2008, not the 1950s. Tattoos aren't limited to sailors. It's a form of art I find beautiful. I love it. "

" Muhammad Ali - he was a magnificent fighter and he was an icon... Every head must bow, every knee must bend, every tongue must confess, thou art the greatest, the greatest of all time, Muhammad, Muhammad Ali. "

" Art is not a thing; it is a way. "

" Be true to yourself. Make each day a masterpiece. Help others. Drink deeply from good books. Make friendship a fine art. Build a shelter against a rainy day. "

" Surely all art is the result of one's having been in danger, of having gone through an experience all the way to the end, where no one can go any further. "

Rainer Maria Rilke

" I don't want to be interesting. I want to be good. "

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

" The work ethic at art school is completely different than the work ethic amongst people who get into music. People who paint, it's an honorable thing to spend all day and all night in front of your canvas - that is the romantic vision of the painter. "

" O, you men who think or say that I am malevolent, stubborn or misanthropic, how greatly do you wrong me. You do not know the secret cause which makes me seem that way to you, and I would have ended my life - it was only my art that held me back. Ah, it seemed impossible to leave the world until I had brought forth all that I felt was within me. "

Ludwig van Beethoven

" Of what use were the arts if they were only the reproduction and the imitation of life? "

Alfred de Vigny

" The enemy of art is the absence of limitations. "

" Attack is only one half of the art of boxing. "

Georges Carpentier

" You can be good at technology and like fashion and art. You can be good at technology and be a jock. You can be good at technology and be a mom. You can do it your way, on your terms. "

" Simplicity is natures first step, and the last of art. "

Philip James Bailey

" The most striking quality common to all primitive art is its intense vitality. It is something made by a people with a direct and immediate response to life. "

" The beauty of a finely worked object points to the beauty of the craftsmanship. The beauty of the craftsmanship points to the beauty of the name which was the source of the craftsmanship. The beauty of the name of the craftsman's art points to the beauty of the craftsman's attributes manifested in that art. "

" O, thou art fairer than the evening air clad in the beauty of a thousand stars. "

Christopher Marlowe

" I read tons of books, listen to music non-stop, watch as many movies as possible, catch a play when I can, art shows, concerts, bar talks - I just try to engage in art, which to me is everywhere, as often as I can because narrative lives in it all. "

" I think that the destructive element is too much neglected in art. "

" After pop art, graffiti is probably the biggest art movement in recent history to have such an impact on culture. "

" Art is the objectification of feeling. "

Herman Melville

Objectification

" The mediator of the inexpressible is the work of art. "

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

" Sometimes magnificent visual art takes root in the humblest of soils. Advertisements painted on old barns, tattoos, fruit crate labels, hot rod embellishments - all these media and many other non-galleried forms have hosted and fostered esthetic delights that satisfy any rigorous definition of art. "

Paul Di Filippo

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