Quotes about Forms of Art

More people are exposed to movies than to most other forms of art." Votes: 1

Scientists under all forms of government must be able to participate fully in international efforts." Votes: 1

Curiosity being one of the forms of self-revelation, a systematically incurious person remains always partly mysterious." Votes: 1

All artforms are in the service of the greatest of all arts: the art of living." Votes: 1

There are no vital and significant forms of art; there is only art, and precious little of that." Votes: 1

This rose of pearl-coated infinity transformsthe diseased slums of a broken heartinto a palace made of psalms and gold." Votes: 1

In any case, the fewer boundaries that exist hindering free movement between all forms of articulate human cognition, the better." Votes: 1

All forms of madness, bizarre habits, awkwardness in society, general clumsiness, are justified in the person who creates good art." Votes: 1

Being brought up in a culture is a matter of learning appropriate forms of feeling as much as particular ways of thinking." Votes: 1

The forms of art are inexhaustible; but all lead by the same road of aesthetic emotion to the same world of aesthetic ecstasy." Votes: 1

It is absolutely right for the state to define the rights and status of people cohabiting in different forms of relationships, including civil partnerships." Votes: 1

I've realized that I love all forms of music and get excited when any artist goes crazy and creates something that is an experience." Votes: 1

..all forms of needlework of the fancy order are inventions of the evil one for keeping the foolish from applying their hearts to wisdom." Votes: 1

Love transforms our fragile, cowardly hearts into hearts of stone, hearts of blade, hearts of hardest iron. Because love makes heroes of us all." Votes: 1

There are some forms of religion that are bad, just as there's bad cooking or bad art or bad sex, you have bad religion too." Votes: 1

The various forms of intellectual activity which together make up the culture of an age, move for the most part from different starting-points, and by unconnected roads." Votes: 1

The 2016 presidential election is ripe for the emergence of a game-changing political leader who either dramatically reforms one of the existing parties or mounts an independent bid." Votes: 1

As I grew older, I realized that it was much better to insist on the genuine forms of nature, for simplicity is the greatest adornment of art." Votes: 1

Madness is the absolute break with the work of art; it forms the constitutive moment of abolition, which dissolves in time the truth of the work of art." Votes: 1

When the Church tries to embody the rule of God in the forms of earthly power it may achieve that power, but it is no longer a sign of the kingdom." Votes: 1

Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods." Votes: 1

It is not easy to see how the more extreme forms of nationalism can long survive when men have seen the Earth in its true perspective as a single small globe against the stars." Votes: 1

The recognition of the art that informs all pure science need not mean the abandonment for it of all present art, rather it will mean the completion of the transformation of art that has already begun." Votes: 1

My son, all my life I have loved this science so deeply that I can now hear my heart beat for joy.{Commenting about Louis Pasteur's accomplishment of separating two asymmetric forms of tartaric acid crystals.}" Votes: 1

I realized very soon the danger of repeating indiscriminately (forms of) expression... for the spectator even more than for the artist, art is a habit forming drug and I wanted to protect my (art) against such contamination." Votes: 1

True beauty is to be found in natural forms. The more we magnify, and the closer we examine, the works of Artifice, the grosser and stupider they seem. But if we magnify the natural world it only becomes more intricate and excellent." Votes: 1

Even the highest forms of sacrificial worship present much that is repulsive to modern ideas, and in particular it requires an effort to reconcile our imagination to the bloody ritual which is prominent in almost every religion which has a strong sense of sin." Votes: 1

Let's talk of a system that transforms all the social organisms into a work of art, in which the entire process of work is included... something in which the principle of production and consumption takes on a form of quality. It's a Gigantic project." Votes: 1

He was lonely; I wanted to help, of course, but not from so intimate a distance; and lately our meetings had become memorable as a series of comically protracted farewells on station platforms and embarrassed, hasty protestations of friendship made through the windows of departing taxicabs." Votes: 1

If it is, in reality, capitalism that is the motor force behind the destructive forms of globalization, then it must be in their capacity to neutralize or transform this particular mode of exploitation that one can best test these various forms of resistance to the West." Votes: 1

The Sun, each second, transforms four million tons of itself into light, giving itself over to become energy that we, with every meal, partake of. For four million years, humans have been feasting on the Sun's energy stored in the form of wheat or reindeer. Brian Swimme" Votes: 1

In two weeks the sheeplike masses of any country can be worked up by the newspapers into such a state of excited fury that men are prepared to put on uniforms and kill and be killed, for the sake of the sordid ends of a few interested parties." Votes: 1

To evoke in oneself a feeling one has once experienced, and having evoked it in oneself, then by means of movements, lines, colors, sounds, or forms expressed in words, so to transmit that feeling that others may experience the same feeling - this is the activity of art." Votes: 1

All women on earth-- and men, too for that matter-- hope for the kind of love that transforms us, raises us up out of the everyday, & gives us the courage to survive our little deaths: the heartache of unfulfilled dreams, of career and personal disappointments, of broken love affairs." Votes: 1

Still,[...] in all forms of comics the sequential artist relies upon the tacit cooperation of the reader. This cooperation is based upon the convention of reading and the common cognitive disciplines. Indeed, it is this very voluntary cooperation, so unique to comics, that underlies the contract between artist and audience." Votes: 1

There is indeed good and there is indeed evil, and both walk the earth. But good has little to do with the forms of religion, and evil has as little to do with so much behavior condemned by religion. Both good and evil vie for the passions of the heart. For love!" Votes: 1

Seems once was enough to infect me. From then on you've been lying dormant, like a virus. Or an incurable chronic condition that flares up from time to time.'A long pause, where life transforms from black-and-white to colour.'I'm eczema?'Ben beams. 'Eczema of the heart. That's it. Psoriasis of the soul." Votes: 1

SIMPLICITY is practicing a lifestyle that is increasingly free of excess, greed, covetousness, and other forms of dependence on the things of this world. The Holy Spirit works through simplicity to release spiritual gifts such as hospitality, mercy, and giving... to live free of anxiety, and to better take care of this Earth." Votes: 1

In order to figure this artmaking stuff out, it's trial and error and experimentation, and takes some time and hard thinking. Putting work out in many forms and stages is an extension of how I see things. I feel the art process is best served when it invites comments and constructive criticism from people." Votes: 1

The urge to grow and develop, present in all forms of life, becomes perverted in the Bisy Backson's mind into a constant struggle to change everything (the Bulldozer Backson) and everyone (the Bigoted Backson) else but himself, and interfere with things he has no business interfering with, including practically every form of life on earth." Votes: 1

When an uninstructed multitude attempts to see with its eyes, it is exceedingly apt to be deceived. When, however, it forms its judgment, as it usually does, on the intuitions of its great and warm heart, the conclusions thus attained are often so profound and so unerring as to possess the character of truth supernaturally revealed." Votes: 1

The spoken word has come to dominate many Protestant forms of worship: the words of prayers, responsive readings, Scripture, the sermon, and so forth. Yet the spoken word is perhaps the least effective way of reaching the heart; one must constantly pay attention with one's mind. The spoken word tends to go to our heads, not our hearts." Votes: 1

Even revolution, which transforms a concrete situation of oppression by establishing the process of liberation, must confront this phenomenon. Many of the oppressed who directly or indirectly participate in revolution intend - conditioned by the myths of the old order - to make it their private revolution. The shadow of their former oppressor is still cast over them." Votes: 1

Globally, as the nation-state becomes increasingly less meaningful - a provider of positive goods and more and more just an army and some domestic enforcement - people are withdrawing to shape and support more localised forms of organisation and power. To the extent that it's part of that civilised and localising world, the same is true of the U.S." Votes: 1

Kitsch is much more than a question of style; it's a preference for consolation over truth. Disney's version of reality is not just cleaned up, it's pernicious. Unlike the best forms of art and philosophy, it undercuts the possibility of transformation because it portrays a world that's just fine as it is--or as it will be by the time the credits come up." Votes: 1

Sophie couldn't stop smiling. It had to be true that nature was built up of small parts that never changed. At the same time Heraclitus was obviously right in thinking that all forms in nature 'flow'. Because everybody dies, animals die, even a mountain range slowly disintegrates. The point was that the mountain range is made up of tiny indivisible parts that never break up." Votes: 1

If the two meanings of 'heart' are 'center' and 'part,' then the word 'art' also forms a perplexing doubleness: it is something human-made with materials; that is, it is made of us. Art is life. And yet it is distinct from 'life.' Art is life's counterpoint. We make it, and in that making, art is pointedly not life. It is just made of us." Votes: 1

Art doesn't transform. It just plain forms. Votes: 0

Dance is one of the most revealing art forms. Votes: 0

Jazz is one of the least learnable art forms. Votes: 0

Dance is the most fundamental of all art forms. Votes: 0

Art is the creation of forms symbolic of human feeling. Votes: 0

Art is a person's private vision expressed in aesthetic forms. Votes: 0

I was always interested in photography and other forms of art. Votes: 0

All art forms employ some means through which images become real. Votes: 0

Literature has drawn a funny perimeter that other art forms haven't. Votes: 0

Art in the blood is liable to take the strangest forms. Votes: 0

I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms. Votes: 0

The ideal itself is but truth clothed in the forms of art. Votes: 0

Kitsch is certainly not "bad art," it forms its own closed system. Votes: 0

Besides prostitution, magic is one of the oldest art forms that exist. Votes: 0

Producing perfection from imperfection is, after all, the highest of art forms. Votes: 0

I find comedy to be one of the highest of the art forms. Votes: 0

I think jazz and comic books are probably the two uniquely American art forms. Votes: 0

Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse. Votes: 0

The forms of art reflect the history of man more truthfully than do documents themselves. Votes: 0

Nature in no case cometh short of art, for the arts are copiers of natural forms. Votes: 0

There's not a lot of art forms where you can control your presentation and your ideas. Votes: 0

The Holy Spirit speaks many languages; among them the languages of art in all its forms. Votes: 0

Art takes different forms... But it represents something that is basic in all of us-our history. Votes: 0

All creative art is magic, is evocation of the unseen in forms persuasive, enlightening, familiar and surprising. Votes: 0

The impact of black music and black art forms on American culture is really difficult to appreciate. Votes: 0

Music is an art form too. Sometimes other forms of art can be inspiring to the musician. Votes: 0

All different forms of human expression, art, science, are going to become expanded, by expanding our intelligence. Votes: 0

The practice of listening is one of the most mysterious, luminous, and challenging art forms on Earth. Votes: 0

Art forms render ideas accessible to readers who could not receive those insights in any other format. Votes: 0

Art is a discovery and development of elementary principles of nature into beautiful forms suitable for human use. Votes: 0

Books and movies are different art forms with different rules. And because of that, they never translate exactly. Votes: 0

There are only three forms of high art: the symphony, the illustrated children's book and the board game. Votes: 0

Art Deco for me except in its most crazed and attenuated forms, it's jut a matter of taste. Votes: 0

What is needed in the theater, in fact for all our art forms, is a vibrant critical tradition. Votes: 0

God is love, I said, but art's the possibility of forms, and shadows are the source of identity. Votes: 0

Opera is one of the most important art forms. It should be listened to and appreciated by everyone. Votes: 0

All the new media are art forms which have the power of imposing, like poetry, their own assumptions. Votes: 0

The consolation of art comes in many forms... For some it is making, for others it is having. Votes: 0

There are no vital and significant forms of art; there is only art, and precious little of that. Votes: 0

For me art and chess are closely related, both are forms in which the self finds beauty and expression. Votes: 0

Directing is the ultimate way to bring together all the art forms I've been involved with over the years. Votes: 0

And, consequently, the art of propaganda or public information becomes one of the most powerful forms of directive statesmanship. Votes: 0

One of the most striking signs of the decay of art is when we see its separate forms jumbled together. Votes: 0

Learning to trust our intuition is an art form, and like all other art forms, it takes practice to perfect. Votes: 0

We're here to bring beauty to the world and make a difference in this planet. That's what art forms are about. Votes: 0

I began to see cinema as the perfect combination of so many wonderful art forms - painting, photography, music, dance, theater. Votes: 0

My only concern about art collaborations is that I never thought of myself as an Artist. My tax forms say Musician/Songwriter. Votes: 0

Nature and abstract forms are both materials for art, and the choice of one or the other flows from historically changing interests. Votes: 0

All forms of art are consciousness expanders, and I am convinced that they will take us further, and more consciously, than drugs. Votes: 0

I'm a big illustration and comic book fan. In my eyes, comic books and illustration are the same kind of art forms. Votes: 0

Dogma, static positions, consonance - all these are obstacles to catching the disease of art, at least in its more complex forms. Votes: 0

Only by art can we get outside ourselves, instead of seeing only one world, our own, we see it under multiple forms. Votes: 0

The art of mastering life is the prerequisite for all further forms of expression, whether they are paintings, sculptures, tragedies, or musical compositions. Votes: 0

The forms of art are inexhaustible; but all lead by the same road of aesthetic emotion to the same world of aesthetic ecstasy. Votes: 0

Forms in art arise from the impact of idea upon material... so that thinking and belief and attitudes may endure as actual things. Votes: 0

I think comedy and music are both things that we need as human beings. I think that both art forms can touch people. Votes: 0

One meets the cat in nearly all forms of art...curiously enough she is not a conspicuous figure in Roman or Greek art. Votes: 0

Poetry is one of the oldest of all art forms, and one of its powers for shamans and tribal leaders was the mnemonic. Votes: 0

We cannot underestimate the power of the different art forms, and the correspondences between them, which are an unending source of inspiration and enrichment. Votes: 0

I tend to keep my mind open to the different forms of art out there and I am always willing to try new stuff. Votes: 0

There are forms of art that I might not like to do myself, but I still have respect for the artists who create it. Votes: 0

Art is really about how you capture different things you see around you and bring them into forms and words and shapes and meaning. Votes: 0

Cooking hasn't yet been accepted as the art form it is. It should be on the level with any of the other art forms. Votes: 0

From the point of view of art, there are no concrete or abstract forms, but only forms which are more or less convincing lies. Votes: 0

There are some forms of religion that are bad, just as there's bad cooking or bad art or bad sex, you have bad religion too. Votes: 0

Like all art forms, film is a media as powerful as weapons of mass destruction; the only difference is that war destroys and film inspires. Votes: 0

We recognize the distinctness of Asian art when we turn to its traditional forms, recognize it as Japanese, Chinese and Indian, even Balinese or Thai. Votes: 0

All great art is revolutionary because it touches upon the reality of man and questions the reality of the various transitory forms of human society. Votes: 0

Wisdom and Spirit of the universe! Thou soul, that art the eternity of thought, And giv'st to forms and images a breath And everlasting motion. Votes: 0

The portrait is one of the most curious art forms. It demands special qualities in the artist, and an almost total kinship with the model. Votes: 0

Have we not all about us forms of a musical expression which we can take and purify and raise to the level of great art?. Votes: 0

Art forms that appeal to [leftists] tend to focus on ... defeat and despair ... as if there were no hope of accomplishing anything through rational calculation. Votes: 0

Bragging about what a good deal you got is one of the many great art forms that my people, the Jews, have introduced to American culture. Votes: 0

I have dedicated a significant portion of my time and artistry to making art that addresses various forms of oppression, including white supremacy, misogyny, and biphobia. Votes: 0

We mainly focus on putting music, art, dance, theater, all forms of art, back into the community, so the community can put it into the world. Votes: 0

Vermont's a place where barns come painted Red as a strong man's heart, Where stout carts and stout boys in freckles, Are highest forms of art Votes: 0

The love of art in its many forms lives on and enables us to enjoy the past, the present, and look with confidence to the future. Votes: 0

There is no line between fine art and illustration; there is no high or low art; there is only art, and it comes in many forms. Votes: 0

Fashion is one of the most beautiful forms of art we have. It's a form of art that every person gets to possess and create for themselves. Votes: 0

You know, I feel like my job is to write a book. Then filmmakers come and they make a movie. And they're two really different art forms. Votes: 0

As I grew older, I realized that it was much better to insist on the genuine forms of nature, for simplicity is the greatest adornment of art. Votes: 0

First of all, what in this world does not revolve around money? But money is a big part of film, unlike a lot of other art forms. Votes: 0

Dumbing down takes many forms: art that is good for you, museums that flatter you, universities that increase your self-esteem. Culture, after all, is really about you. Votes: 0

According to me [Sigmund ] Freud did not notice that the dream expresses the inner experiences in a symbolic form,resembling in that, poetry or other art forms. Votes: 0

America does four things better than any other country in the world: rock music, movies, software and high-speed pizza delivery. All of these are sacred American art forms. Votes: 0

If you look on the history of art you observe how the most popular forms trample the rest. The abstract expressionists destroyed figurative work for more than 30 years. Votes: 0

Culture is the sum of all the forms of art, of love, and of thought, which, in the coarse or centuries, have enabled man to be less enslaved Votes: 0

The wise man regulates his conduct by the theories both of religion and science. But he regards these theories not as statements of ultimate fact but as art-forms. Votes: 0

Madness is the absolute break with the work of art; it forms the constitutive moment of abolition, which dissolves in time the truth of the work of art. Votes: 0

There are three forms of visual art: Painting is art to look at, sculpture is art you can walk around, and architecture is art you can walk through Votes: 0

I have trouble with modern art. But in general, all art forms fascinate me - art is the way human beings express what we can't say in words. Votes: 0

Music is one of the highest art forms there is. It can define a life, change a life, or even safe a life, in just three short minutes. Votes: 0

Every innovation scraps its immediate predecessor and retrieves still older figures "“ it causes floods of antiques or nostalgic art forms and stimulates the search for museum pieces. Votes: 0