There used to be a lot of industry in Montreal, and now there's not, so it's really easy to get huge, empty spaces where you can practice and make music or make art for very, very cheap.
Democracy has always been in crisis: democracy is all about practicing the art of bearable dissatisfaction. In democratic societies, people often complain about their leaders and their institutions. The gap between the ideal democracy and the existin...
Does any art have a practical value? People love to talk about how expensive a painting is. That's the only way we can talk about paintings in this century.
In contemporary art culture, where good looks and clever strategic planning of art careers have become a feature, professional practice may be taught in art schools like a branch of public relations or political science.
Yes, the more I go through life I realize that there's really no separation between practice and art at all. The two things more and more become one rather than two different aspects of my life.
The art of Peace I practice has room for each of the world's eight million gods, and I cooperate with them all. The God of Peace is very great and enjoins all that is divine and enlightened in every land.
may be considered a practical atheist: one who sees no reason to worship an invisible deity.
The word "ungodly and word-group" in Jude...It describes, not theoretical atheism, but practical godlessness.
Goodness was not a trait you acquired; it was a value you practiced when you were on the verge of doing evil.
With its fluctuating forms and needless decoration, fashion epitomizes the supposedly unproductive waste that inspired 20th-century technocrats to dream of central planning. It exists for no good reason. But that's practically a definition of art.
It is a sad fact about our culture that a poet can earn much more money writing or talking about his art than he can by practicing it.
The idea of Plato that philosophers must be the rulers and directors of society is practiced in India.
But when all was said and done, the love between us in the little bed, as well as in our hearts, was so real I could practically touch it.
Any master skill in practice is about comprehending myriad elements and fitting them together in inspired ways that satisfy the objective.
Meditation is a microcosm, a model, a mirror. The skills we practice when we sit are transferable to the rest of our lives.
The desired shape your dreams take is directly proportional to the practical presentation of the theoretical skills that you have learnt.
That is one of the functions of art: to present what the narrow and desperately practical perspectives of real life exclude.
He wondered fleetingly how many people who sat alone for hours as they scribbled their stories practiced talking about their work during their coffee breaks....
It is time to reverse this prejudice against conscious effort and to see the powers we gain through practice and discipline as eminently inspiring and even miraculous.
The more we practice nonviolence in our words, thoughts and actions the more peaceful will be our inner state.
The best way to find inner peace is the practice in forbearance.
