John Donne Quotes, Death Quotes, Art Quotes

Death be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so. For, those, whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow. Die not, poor death, nor yet canst thou kill me.

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All that we call spirit and art and ecstacy only means that for one awful instant we remember that we forgot.

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As the husband is the wife is; thou art mated with a clown, As the grossness of his nature will have weight to drag thee down.

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A prince being thus obliged to know well how to act as a beast must imitate the fox and the lion, for the lion cannot protect himself from snares, and the fox cannot defend himself from wolves.

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The art of dying bravely and with honour does not need any special training, save a living faith in God.

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Now art should never try to be popular. The public should try to make itself artistic.

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The artistic temperament is a disease that afflicts amateurs. It is a disease which arises from men no having sufficient power of expression to utter and get rid of the element of art in their being.

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Tags : Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes , Art Quotes , Men Quotes

I believe in Michelangelo, Velasquez, and Rembrandt; in the might of design, the mystery of color, the redemption of all things by Beauty everlasting, and the message of Art that has made these hands blessed. Amen. Amen.

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Tags : George Bernard Shaw Quotes , Beauty Quotes , Art Quotes

Should the enemy strengthen his van, he will weaken his rear; should he strengthen his rear, he will weaken his van; should he strengthen his left, he will weaken his right; should he strengthen his right, he will weaken his left. If he sends reinforcements everywhere, he will everywhere be weak.

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Tags : Sun Tzu Quotes , Art Quotes , Military Quotes

I think you can leave the arts, superior or inferior, to the conscience of mankind.

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In art, interest must be centred on the principal theme.

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The only way of expressing emotion in the form of art is by finding an "objective correlative"; in other words, a set of objects, a situation, a chain of events which shall be the formula for that particular emotion; such that when the external facts, which must terminate in sensory experience, are given, the emotion is immediately evoked.

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When comparing works of art, it is important that the art itself, and not the artists, be considered.

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The essential factor of military success is speed, that is taking advantage of others' unpreparedness or lack of foresight, their failure to catch up, going by routes they do not expect, attacking where they are not on guard. This you cannot accomplish with hesitation.

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The artist is the lover of nature; therefore he is her slave and her master.

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Rome & Greece swept Art into their maw & destroy'd it; a Warlike State never can produce Art. It will Rob & Plunder & accumulate into one place, & Translate & Copy & Buy & Sell & Criticize, but not Make.

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Tags : William Blake Quotes , Art Quotes , Rome Quotes

'By heaven, that thou art fair, is most infallible true, that thou art beauteous truth itself, that thou art lovely. More fairer than fair, beautiful than beauteous, truer than truth itself, have commiseration on thy heroical vassal.

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Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible to feelings as to sight?

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To say a compliment well is a high art and few possess it.

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Music is the highest art and to those who understand, is the highest worship

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