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" There are no contests in the Art of Peace. A true warrior is invincible because he or she contests with nothing. Defeat means to defeat the mind of contention that we harbor within. "

Morihei Ueshiba

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Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

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" Literature is the art of discovering something extraordinary about ordinary people, and saying with ordinary words something extraordinary. "

" 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. "

" Fine art is knowledge made visible. "

" Where there is no human connection, there is no compassion. Without compassion, then community, commitment, loving-kindness, human understanding, and peace all shrivel. Individuals become isolated, the isolated turn cruel, and the tragic hovers in the forms of domestic and civil violence. Art and literature are antidotes to that. "

" We are all hungry and thirsty for concrete images. Abstract art will have been good for one thing: to restore its exact virginity to figurative art. "

" If you know somethin' well, you can always paint it but people would be better off buyin' chickens. "

" Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos. "

" Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art. "

" As soon as you concern yourself with the 'good' and 'bad' of your fellows, you create an opening in your heart for maliciousness to enter. Testing, competing with, and criticizing others weaken and defeat you. "

" Space is the breath of art. "

" Israel is a wonderful place to be an artist - a place where imagination flourishes. Israeli culture is refreshingly avant garde - making films, music, performance art and visual art that continues to push the envelope, inspire and empower. "

" I don't want life to imitate art. I want life to be art. "

" Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul. "

" In our fast-forward culture, we have lost the art of eating well. Food is often little more than fuel to pour down the hatch while doing other stuff - surfing the Web, driving, walking along the street. Dining al desko is now the norm in many workplaces. All of this speed takes a toll. Obesity, eating disorders and poor nutrition are rife. "

" Good art is art that allows you to enter it from a variety of angles and to emerge with a variety of views. "

" The perfection of art is to conceal art. "

" Photographing a cake can be art. "

" The artist produces for the liberation of his soul. It is his nature to create as it is the nature of water to run down the hill. "

" One must always draw, draw with the eyes, when one cannot draw with a pencil. "

" In art there are only fast or slow developments. Essentially it is a matter of evolution, not revolution. "

" People think that computer science is the art of geniuses but the actual reality is the opposite, just many people doing things that build on eachother, like a wall of mini stones. "

Donald Knuth

" The beauty of art is that it allows you to slow down, and for a moment, things that once seemed unfamiliar become precious to you. "

" All married couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of making love. Good battle is objective and honest - never vicious or cruel. Good battle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principles of equal partnership. "

" I love putting the music together. It's like art. "

" Art can never exist without naked beauty displayed. "

" It appears to be monumental only because it's art. "

" The art of a people is a true mirror to their minds. "

" Art is basically communication, and I think everyone who's a music lover has had that experience where a record or a recording has kept you company when no one else is around. And I think that is what I'm hoping that people get out of my music. "

" Music is the art of the prophets and the gift of God. "