The Art Quotes

Medicine is not only a science; it is also an art. It does not consist of compounding pills and plasters; it deals with the very processes of life, which must be understood before they may be guided.

Judo teaches us to look for the best possible course of action, whatever the individual circumstances.

When I look at you girl, I see a true work of art. So many beautiful things coming in one little heart.

There is no must in art because art is free.

Fantasy, abandoned by reason, produces impossible monsters; united with it, she is the mother of the arts and the origin of marvels.

Art is not communicative, art is not reflexive. Art, science, philosophy are neither contemplative, neither reflexive, nor communicative. They are creative, that's all.

There are only two styles of portrait painting; the serious and the smirk.

Perfect typography is more a science than an art.

He who knows his enemy and himself well will not be defeated easily.

The teaching of one virtuous person can influence many; that which has been learned well by one generation can be passed on to a hundred.

Mine is a quiet exploration—a quest for new meanings in color, texture and design. Even though I sometimes portray scenes of poor and struggling people, it is a great joy to paint.

Works of art make rules but rules do not make works of art.

Drawing is not what you see but what you must make others see.

Two forces are succesfully influencing the education of a cultivated man: art and science. Both are united in the book.

Feed the body food and drink, it will survive today. Feed the soul art and music, it will live forever.

To most people who look at a mobile, it's no more than a series of flat objects that move. To a few, though, it may be poetry.

Everything starts from a dot.

Design is the art of planning, and it is the art of making things possible.

True alchemy lies in this formula: ‘Your memory and your senses are but the nourishment of your creative impulse’.

You're a victim from my drive-by of thoughts.

No culture can live if it attempts to be exclusive.

A real jiu-jitsu fighter does not go around beating people down. Our defense is made to neutralize aggression.

The worse you're performing, the more you must work mentally and emotionally. The greatest and toughest art in golf is "playing badly well." All the true greats have been masters at it.

For me fashion is an expression of art that is very closely related both to me and to my body. I see it as an expression of identity combined with desire, moods and a cultural setting.

Art is like ham-it nourishes people.

Where there is no heart there is no art.

Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.

One eye sees, the other feels.

Neckties satisfy modern man's desire to dress in art.

Self-defence, self-confidence, discipline and self control. The values you learn are priceless.

Life is a loom, weaving illusion.

In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity.

The art always wins. Anything can happen to me, but the art will stay.

For one thing, Judo in reality is not a mere sport or game. I regard it as a principle of life, art and science. In fact, it is a means for personal cultural attainment.

Make life an art rather than art from life.

You should never have a power, in any area, with the purpose of harming someone.

Art is a guarantee of sanity. That is the most important thing I have said.

Art is art, nature is nature, you cannot improve upon it.... Pictures should be inspired by nature, but made in the soul of the artist. It is the soul of the individual that counts.

Art is coming face to face with yourself.

Just as one can compose colors, or forms, so one can compose motions.

Art can no longer be merely a mirror, it must act as the organizer of the people's consciousness... No form of representation is so readily comprehensible to the masses as photography.

Design is not art. Design is utilitarian, art is not.

The fragile art of existenceIs kept alive by sheer persistenceThe fragile art of existence.No time for self-pityNo time for dwelling on what should have beenBut is yet to be.

I've come from nowhere, and I'm not shy to go back.

It is through art that we will prevail and we will endure. It lives on after us and defines us as people.

I would like to show the world today as an ant sees it and tomorrow as the moon sees it.

Dance is the hidden langauge of the soul, of the body.

Artists like Bach and Beethoven erected churches and temples on the heights. I only wantedto build dwellings for men in which they might feel happy and at home

Tactics is the art of using troops in battle; strategy is the art of using battles to win the war

The truth of Zen, just a little bit of it, is what turns one's humdrum life, a life of monotonous, uninspiring commonplaceness, into one of art, full of genuine inner creativity.