Quotes about Art of Literature

The web, then, or the pattern, a web at once sensuous and logical, an elegant and pregnant texture: that is style, that is the foundation of the art of literature. Votes: 4

Literature is the art of discovering something extraordinary about ordinary people, and saying with ordinary words something extraordinary. Votes: 3

I do think that part of literature's job is to comment on and participate in the social issues of the time. Votes: 3

Between the wolf in the tall grass and the wolf in the tall story there is a shimmering go-between. That go-between, that prism, is the art of literature. Votes: 3

The sinews of art and literature, like those of war, are money. Votes: 2

The narrative of serial art works more like music than like literature. Votes: 2

The cinema occupies an important place in the overall development of art and literature. Votes: 2

Amazon is a corporation, not a philanthropic trust dedicated to the production of works of art and literature. Votes: 2

Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be grasped at once. Votes: 2

I'm into fashion because it contains the mood of the day, of the moment - like music, literature, and art. Votes: 2

I wish to share and pass down some of my generation's traits, and encourage young people to create their own art, music, and literature. Votes: 2

Art is solace; art is vision, and when I pick up a literary work, I am a consumer of literature for its own sake. Votes: 2

Oh literature, oh the glorious Art, how it preys upon the marrow in our bones. It scoops the stuffing out of us, and chucks us aside. Alas! Votes: 2

How do you make any sense of history, art or literature without knowing the stories and iconography of your own culture and all the world's main religions? Votes: 2

Encourage good music and art and literature in your homes. Homes that have a spirit of refinement and beauty will bless the lives of your children forever. Votes: 2

In an oppressive society the truth-telling nature of literature is of a different order, and sometimes valued more highly than other elements in a work of art. Votes: 2

Of course the illusion of art is to make one believe that great literature is very close to life, but exactly the opposite is true. Life is amorphous, literature is formal. Votes: 2

To me history ought to be a source of pleasure. It isn't just part of our civic responsibility. To me it's an enlargement of the experience of being alive, just the way literature or art or music is. Votes: 2

It is a law woven into the nature of man, attested by history, by science, by literature and art, and by dally experience, that strength of mind and force of character are the supreme rulers of human affairs. Votes: 2

There is in fact no such thing as art for art's sake, art that stands above classes, art that is detached from or independent of politics. Proletarian literature and art are part of the whole proletarian revolutionary cause. Votes: 2

Not only are most of our citizens fathomlessly ignorant of the glories of American literature, a fast-growing percentage of our students are no longer taught much about any works of American art, be they novels, paintings, symphonies or ballets. Votes: 2

You perhaps know me as a novelist. Literature is one of the arts - in fact, the noblest of the arts. That is not my opinion; it was first expressed by the ancients. As art, literature has many similarities with the other art forms. Votes: 2

In your opinion, where do private and political life, personal history and History meet? You know the answer, Maya. You say it unhesitatingly - in art and literature. Votes: 1

All great art and literature is propaganda. Votes: 0

Art and literature are my surrogate religions. Votes: 0

Literature, art, like civilization itself, are only accidents. Votes: 0

Critics are those who have failed in literature and art. Votes: 0

More than art, more than literature, music is universally accessible. Votes: 0

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

Literature is the only art in which the audience performs the score. Votes: 0

The greatest works of literature seem to embody both "art" and "morality". Votes: 0

Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art. Votes: 0

I don't see why escapist literature shouldn't also be a work of art. Votes: 0

Unlike sciences, literature as art relies on societal acceptance of a certain vocabulary. Votes: 0

There are vogues and fashions in jurisprudence as in literature and art and dress. Votes: 0

There are vogues and fashions in jurisprudence as in literature and art and dress. Votes: 0

Literature was formerly an art and finance a trade; today it is the reverse. Votes: 0

Literature was formerly an art and finance a trade; today it is the reverse Votes: 0

Black literature is taught as sociology, as tolerance, not as a serious, rigorous art form. Votes: 0

Black literature is taught as sociology, as tolerance, not as a serious, rigorous art form." Votes: 0

I'm kind of hooked to the game of art and literature; my heroes are artists and writers. Votes: 0

Literature, at least good literature, is science tempered with the blood of art. Like architecture or music. Votes: 0

All art, literature, and music must be born in your heart's blood. Art is your heart's blood. Votes: 0

The sole substitute for an experience which we have not ourselves lived through is art and literature. Votes: 0

There can be no freedom in art and literature where the government determines who shall create them. Votes: 0

While art thrives on the blazing colours of scandal, literature blossoms on the dark soil of tragedy. Votes: 0

All great literature has an uncreeded and luminous theology behind it... Art [is] a form of active prayer. Votes: 0

Of a life of luxury the fruit is luxury, whether in agriculture, or commerce, or literature, or art. Votes: 0

I was much more interested in literature than I was in art. I just got into art by mistake. Votes: 0

Environmental concern is now firmly embedded in public life: in education, medicine and law; in journalism, literature and art. Votes: 0

Rhetoric takes no real account of the art in literature and morality takes no account of the art in life. Votes: 0

I grew up in an non-athletic family, where my parents were interested in music, in literature, in education and art. Votes: 0

As one who loves literature, art, music and history, I've been deeply rooted in the Harlem Renaissance for many years. Votes: 0

Literature was intended to be dangerous. Art was meant to be dangerous. Ideas were nothing if they were not dangerous. Votes: 0

I felt the comics grew because they became the common man's literature, the common man's art, the common man's publishing. Votes: 0

I think our sensibility is not modernist anymore, that is, sensibility of people who are interested in art and literature. Votes: 0

In America, the only truly popular art form is the movies. Most people consider painting a hobby and literature, schoolwork. Votes: 0

Since the last decades of the nineteenth century, revolt against the objectified world has determined the character of art and literature. Votes: 0

Literature is invention. Fiction is fiction. To call a story a true story is an insult to both truth and art. Votes: 0

We must stop chasing dollars, stop lying, stop cheating, stop ignoring art, literature, and all the refining agencies and instrumentalities of civilization. Votes: 0

Take the time to discover how African-Americans have had a great impact on this country. In science, education, literature, art, and politics. Votes: 0

Explain to me, please, why in our literature and art so often people absolutely incompetent in this field have the final word. Votes: 0

Explain to me, please, why in our literature and art so often people absolutely incompetent in this field have the final word, Votes: 0

If you want to understand what's most important to a society, don't examine its art or literature, simply look at its biggest buildings. Votes: 0

It is unhappily true that much insincere Literature and Art, executed solely with a view to effect, does succeed by deceiving the public. Votes: 0

Critics are the eunuchs of literature. They stand by in envious awe while the whole man and his partner demonstrate the art of living. Votes: 0

We will always have more to discover, more to invent, more to understand and that's much closer to art and literature than any science. Votes: 0

Being a systematic theologian allows me to indulge all my interests - in literature, film, art, music - by relating them all to God. Votes: 0

Young artists must pave their way to Art by drawing pictures for magazine stories that young authors write to pave their way to Literature. Votes: 0

Is all literature eavesdropping, and all art Chinese imitation? our life a custom, and our body borrowed, like a beggar's dinner, from a hundred charities? Votes: 0

True education does not consist merely in the acquiring of a few facts of science, history, literature, or art, but in the development of character. Votes: 0

The general history of art and literature shows that the highest achievements of the human mind are, as a rule, not favourably received at first. Votes: 0

In literature and art memory is a synonym for invention. It is the life-blood of imagination, which faints and dies when the veins are empty. Votes: 0

The culture of a civilization is the art and literature through which it rises to consciousness of itself and defines its vision of the world. Votes: 0

A community united by the ideals of compassion and creativity has incredible power. Art of all kinds---music, literature, traditional arts, visual arts---can lift a community. Votes: 0

It once occured to me that literature - all art really - is either talking to people about God, or talking to God about people. Votes: 0

My mother was a teacher, and when she wanted to show me art and literature and science, she'd take me to museums, parks and free exhibitions. Votes: 0

Each age, each guilty age, builds high walls around its Versailles; and personally I hate those walls most when they are made by literature and art. Votes: 0

Man needs music, literature, and painting - all those oases of perfection that make up art - to compensate for the rudeness and materialism of life. Votes: 0

Alas, if our children lose the crown of life, it will be but a small consolation that they have won the laurels of literature or art. Votes: 0

I don't think that any 'ism' is higher than literature or art. So I'm a formalist. I greatly honor and respect the form of a work. Votes: 0

Everything progresses in waves. The march of civilization, the progression of worlds, is in waves. All human activities likewise progress in waves - art, literature, science, religion. Votes: 0

I'm interested in pressure, I'm interested in duress. All the great works of art, or film or literature, in my opinion, have elements of those in them. Votes: 0

I have such an intense pride of sex that the triumphs of women in art, literature, oratory, science, or song rouse my enthusiasm as nothing else can. Votes: 0

When literature becomes overly erudite, it means that interest in the art has gone and curiosity about the artist is what's important. It becomes a kind of idolatry. Votes: 0

Work! labor the asparagus me of life; the one great sacrament of humanity from which all other things flow - security, leisure, joy, art, literature, even divinity itself. Votes: 0

I founded a club, which is called the Brutally Early Club. It's basically a breakfast salon for the 21st century where art meets science meets architecture meets literature. Votes: 0

Inequality may linger in the world of material things, but great music, great literature, great art and the wonders of science are, and should be, open to all. Votes: 0

I don't how I can describe the quality that is only found in art (be it music, literature, painting, or whatever), this quality, it's just there, and it endures. Votes: 0

...a nation could change its way of life, its history, its technology, its art, literature, and culture, but it would never have a real chance to change its gestures. Votes: 0

People whose understanding and taste in literature, painting, and music are beyond question are, for the most part, ignorant of what is good or bad art in the theater. Votes: 0

Any work of art that can be understood is the product of journalism. The rest, called literature, is a dossier of human imbecility for the guidance of future professors. Votes: 0

Theater, art, literature, cinema, press, posters, and window displays must be cleansed of all manifestations of our rotting world and placed in the service of a moral, political, and cultural idea. Votes: 0

The first forms of writing emerged not for art, literature, or love, not for spiritual or liturgical purposes, but for business--all literature could be said to originate from sales receipts (sorry). Votes: 0

The whole of Paris is a vast university of Art, Literature and Music... it is worth anyone's while to dally here for years. Paris is a seminar, a post-graduate course in everything. Votes: 0

When science, art, literature, and philosophy are simply the manifestation of personality they are on a level where glorious and dazzling achievements are possible, which can make a man's name live for thousands of years. Votes: 0

Pain is essential. Often I cannot avoid it.Therefore all one can do is redeem it; and the only way to redeem it is through literature, art, poetry, music. Votes: -1