I like religion and art because they know they are servants to life; I hate science and philosophy because they think they are its masters.
Art is, after all, only a trace – like a footprint which shows that one has walked bravely and in great happiness.
New capabilities emerge just by virtue of having smart people with access to state-of-the-art technology.
Journalism is the art of coming too late as early as possible. I’ll never master that.
Ideas matter—and philosophy is the art of thinking about them rigorously. In my view, that should be done in as public a forum as possible.
Writing is magic, as much the water of life as any other creative art. The water is free. So drink. Drink and be filled up.
I think this confusion leads intellectuals and artists themselves to believe that the elite arts and humanities are a kind of higher, exalted form of human endeavor.
There is something particularly fascinating about seeing places you know in a piece of art - be that in a film, or a photograph, or a painting.
Sum of life's reflections projected by nature and through some forms of intimacy, conceived and appreciated by the soul-beigns - ...art!
Speech is human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead: therefore we must learn both arts.
It's neither and it's both. That's the perfect kind of art. Labels only detract from the artist's intention.
Fall makes me think that if I fail horribly at this art thing, and then fail horribly with this writing thing, I'll go run a pumpkin patch.
In a republican nation, whose citizens are to be led by reason and persuasion and not by force, the art of reasoning becomes of first importance
Art forms that appeal to [leftists] tend to focus on ... defeat and despair ... as if there were no hope of accomplishing anything through rational calculation.
True art is thoughtful, emotional examination of how human themes impact the overall experience of existing. The rest is kitsch.
There is no literature and art without paranoia. Probably there would be even civilization. Paranoia is the world. It is the attempt to make sense of what has not.
My personal philosophy is that you do art to experience emotion that you don't have the luxury of experiencing in real life.
Fiorello LaGuardia saved City Center. The real man saved it, and he made this building into a performing arts venue.
Indeed, the future is signalled in the past, but time has to pass to see it. Art is the witness. BLOG post-Perpetual Beginning-November 14 2011
I have a Bachelor of Arts in English, which means I had a lot of formal training in reading.
If I can be doing something in the arts till the day I die. I would be very, very happy.
