Art
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I have seen many storms in my life. Most storms have caught me by surprise, so I had to learn very quickly to look further and understand that I am not capable of controlling the weather, to exercise the art of patience and to respect the fury of nature.
Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.
I don't want life to imitate art. I want life to be art.
Art is born of humiliation.
Furniture should always be comfortable. And always have a piece of art that you made somewhere in the home.
Love the art in yourself and not yourself in the art.
You want to be a bit compulsive in your art or craft or whatever you do.
No difficulty can discourage, no obstacle dismay, no trouble dishearten the man who has acquired the art of being alive. Difficulties are but dares of fate, obstacles but hurdles to try his skill, troubles but bitter tonics to give him strength; and he rises higher and looms greater after each encounter with adversity.
I think everybody has different priorities in their life. People live their lives differently. People become famous through all sorts of different reasons... some of it through art and some of it through just wanting to be famous. And I think how that all starts tends to reflect how you live your life daily.
It's an art to live with pain... mix the light into gray.
The mediator of the inexpressible is the work of art.
Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.
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.
Art is an attempt to integrate evil.
Gossip is the art of saying nothing in a way that leaves practically nothing unsaid.
Architecture is a visual art, and the buildings speak for themselves.
I enjoy art, architecture, museums, churches and temples; anything that gives me insight into the history and soul of the place I'm in. I can also be a beach bum — I like to laze in the shade of a palm tree with a good book or float in a warm sea at sundown.
I realize that every picture isn't a work of art.
Politics is the art of choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable.
Sculpture is the art of the intelligence.