Quotes of: Abstract-art Keyword

That's the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you.

Zen in the Art of Writing

Now that I have you thoroughly confused, let me pause to hear your own dismayed cry.

Zen in the Art of Writing

It is a lie to write in such way as to be rewarded by fame offered you by some snobbish quasi-literary groups in the intellectual gazettes.

Zen in the Art of Writing

Best fight ever in a movie: 'They Live.' I want to do a martial arts version of that, where you think it's ended, and it just keeps on going. I love that fight. It was funny as well. Unexpected.

Scott Adkins

I abhor the supreme folly of those who blame the disciples of nature in defiance of those masters who were themselves her pupils

Thoughts on Art and Life

The highest perfection of politeness is only a beautiful edifice, built, from the base to the dome, of graceful and gilded forms of charitable and unselfish lying.

On the Decay of the Art of Lying

Instead of bringing back 1600 plants, we might return from our journeys with a collection of small unfêted but life-enhancing thoughts.

The Art of Travel

The pleasure we derive from journeys is perhaps dependent more on the mindset with which we travel than on the destination we travel to.

The Art of Travel

Adaptability is about the powerful difference between adapting to cope and adapting to win.

Adaptability: The Art of Winning in an Age of Uncertainty

A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.

The Art of Worldly Wisdom

Quão lamentável é arriscar tudo em um único combate, negligenciando a estratégia vitoriosa, e fazer com que o destino de tuas armas dependa de uma única batalha!

The Art of War

Rouse him, and learn the principle of his activity or inactivity. Force him to reveal himself, so as to find out his vulnerable spots.

The Art of War

Move not unless you see an advantage;  use not your troops unless there is something to be gained; fight not unless the position is critical.

The Art of War

Conform to the enemy's tactics until a favorable opportunity offers; then come forth and engage in a battle that shall prove decisive.

The Art of War

If you do not take opportunity   to   advance and reward   the   deserving,   your subordinates will not carry out your commands, and disaster will ensue.

The Art of War

Be stern in the council-chamber, [Show no weakness, and insist on your plans being ratified by the sovereign.] so that you may control the situation.

The Art of War

The spot where we intend to fight must not be made known; for then the enemy will have to prepare against a possible attack at several different points;

The Art of War

In martial arts, the way that they train really does channel that killer instinct. We used to put motorcycle helmets on and go full force at each other with these sticks to train.

Jose Pablo Cantillo

Marketing is not the art of finding clever ways to dispose of what you make. It is the art of creating genuine customer value.

Philip Kotler

People say you have expensive tastes. My Humble reply : I appreciate fine art, and fine art is not cheap.

Pushkar Saraf

I was a dancer for fifteen years, and I think a lot of what dancing gives you crosses over so much into anything to do with fighting, martial arts, anything action.

Sharni Vinson