Quotes of: Performing-arts Keyword

Art is a subjective thing, and it should be a subjective thing. And the difficulty of subjectivity is that it becomes hugely problematized when you start applying large sums of money to art objects. That's where it all starts to get a bit sticky.

Tim Crouch

I don't mean this, but I'm going to say it anyway. I don't really think of pop art and serious art as being that far apart.

Twyla Tharp

You have to do something. If you do something, you become somebody. Even a daffodil does something, has a profession. It gives off scent, professionally.

The Art of Acting

By taking elements you observe in life, you can develop qualities in your acting life that you don't ordinarily call upon in your personal life.

The Art of Acting

Actors need a kind of aggression, a kind of inner force. Don't be only one-sided, sweet, nice, good. Get rid of being average. Find the killer in you.

The Art of Acting

Successful companies are started, and made successful, by at least two, and usually more, soulmates.

The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything

Colors are vibrating light energies, each “color ray” produces a sound that affects matter.

The Art of HealingArt: The Keys to Power and Awareness

Life is not a matter for simple optimism--for there is evil; nor for mere pessimism--for there is good. The possibility for good in the face of evil is what gives life tragic meaning.

The Art of Counseling

While the characters drive the epic story of Robotech, it’s the robotic mecha that capture the imagination.

The Art of Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles

Most of us aren't equipped to handle miracles, man. I'm not sure that I am, not without being seriously stoned.

The Art of Arrow Cutting

Psychologists have clinically observed that overly prolonged grief in the bereaved usually signifies a poor relationship with the one who died.

The Art of Dying

...after rare beef and wine, when the lobes turn red, was the time to ask favours or tell bad news.

The Art of Eating: 50th Anniversary Edition

Painting, it is true, was undergoing a series of -isms reminiscent of the whims of a pregnant woman.

The Art of Eating: 50th Anniversary Edition

He landed on cheap shot, but I knocked him out of the tournament.

The Art of Learning: A Journey in the Pursuit of Excellence

People thought becoming an adult meant that all your acts had consequences; in fact it was just the opposite.

The Art of Fielding

Our ability to solve problem is limited by our conception of what is feasible.

The Art of Problem Solving: Accompanied by Ackoff's Fables

Captain Miller quotes Pablo Neruda to Ruby: 'As if you were on fire from within. The moon lives in the lining of your skin.

The Art of Arranging Flowers

A man is rich not only by what he has, but also, and above all, by what he doesn't.

The Art of Failure: The Anti Self-Help Guide

We have at any rate one advantage over Time and Space. We think them whereas it is extremely doubtful whether they think us!

The Art of Happiness

How can anyone truthfully claim to love someone when they’re not prepared to share everything with that person, including their past?

The Art of Hearing Heartbeats

The ultimate test of a transformational leader is the ability to raise up a new generation of leaders.

The Art of Virtue-Based Transformational Leadership