It's far more important why is being said, than what.
The point is, it didn’t really matter what the book was about. It was what it meant that was important.
The illustrations in picture books are the first paintings most children see, and because of that, they are incredibly important. What we see and share at that age stays with us for life.
After you're older, two things are possibly more important than any others: health and money.
Those who believe in the importance of serving others should lead the way by fighting against the temptation we all have, and maybe especially as we age, to close in upon ourselves.
I think it's really important to be able to talk when something's wrong. I learned at a really young age that if you don't talk about it, it can drive you insane.
It is important to note that there are no age limitations on who can donate organs and tissue. Newborns as well as senior citizens have been organ donors.
And the thing that I always tried to do with important singers when I met them was to sit down and record everything they knew, give them a first real run-through of their art.
Artists today think of everything they do as a work of art. It is important to forget about what you are doing - then a work of art may happen.
Should graffiti be judged on the same level as modern art? Of course not: It's way more important than that.
It's sort of a law of the art world: The stuff that grows in importance is only the stuff you bought because it wowed you.
I take photographs with love, so I try to make them art objects. But I make them for myself first and foremost - that is important.
It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process.
I think the funny thing about acting for me - and I hold it in a very holy, spiritual way - not to be overly fundamentalist about it, but it's that important to me - is that it is an ancient healing art.
Art and religion first; then philosophy; lastly science. That is the order of the great subjects of life, that's their order of importance.
At that time, the academic orientation was rather technical contrary to that of the university, where art theory is very important. The teachers were renowned artists and among the best of that time.
When you walk down the street and see something in a crazy spot, there's something powerful about that. The street will always be an important part of getting art out there for me.
One of the more gratifying things about guilt is that it makes us feel important.
Courage is not the absence of fear. Courage is a determination that there is something more important than fear.
...something important is lost if this man has been forced to deny his own nature.
Private lives are more important than public reputations.
