Art
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Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse.
Art is born of the observation and investigation of nature.
Mathematics is the art of giving the same name to different things.
The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique.
Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.
Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.
The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.
Art is a critical component in a well-rounded education. Art is the level playing field — no matter how rich or poor, tall or short, pretty or ugly to the bone, if you can draw, you can find personal fulfillment and build self-confidence. Art is the highest achievement of mankind.
Riding a race bike is an art — a thing that you do because you feel something inside.
As long as you're true to you, you believe it and you make others believe it, then what you're doing is just art. If you give everybody a blank canvas and some paint, not everybody's picture is going to be exactly the same, but it's still art. I just do what I do.
Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.
The mother art is architecture. Without an architecture of our own we have no soul of our own civilization.
If you're not trying to be real, you don't have to get it right. That's art.
Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probability.
Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term Art, I should call it 'the reproduction of what the Senses perceive in Nature through the veil of the soul'. The mere imitation, however accurate, of what is in Nature, entitles no man to the sacred name of 'Artist'.
In a decaying society, art, if it is truthful, must also reflect decay. And unless it wants to break faith with its social function, art must show the world as changeable. And help to change it.
There are people who claim to be instinctive cooks, who never follow recipes or weigh anything at all. All I can say is they're not very fussy about what they eat. For me, cooking is an exact art and not some casual game.
Do activities you're passionate about — which make your heart and soul feel perky — including things like working out, cooking, painting, writing, yoga, hiking, walking, swimming, being in nature, being around art, or reading inspiring books.
A lot of country music is sad. I think most art comes out of poverty and hard times. It applies to music. Three chords and the truth — that's what a country song is. There is a lot of heartache in the world.
Our appreciation of folk art will strengthen our identities, our pride in belonging to a community. People trained in the creative use of their hands soon acquire skills, excellent craftsmanship which will be the most important measure of how well we can industrialize.
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