Art
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Art is born of the observation and investigation of nature.
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.
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.
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.
Telling lies is a fault in a boy, an art in a lover, an accomplishment in a bachelor, and second-nature in a married man.
Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous you don't want it.
Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.
Those who gave thee a body, furnished it with weakness; but He who gave thee Soul, armed thee with resolution. Employ it, and thou art wise; be wise and thou art happy.
Art in Nature is rhythmic and has a horror of constraint.
No great art has ever been made without the artist having known danger.
I have not intended to denigrate or hurt the beliefs of anyone through my art.
There are so many opportunities in life, that the loss of two or three capabilities is not necessarily debilitating. A handicap can give you the opportunity to focus more on art, writing, or music.
