Quotes of: Stevens Keyword

Before the people at large, and for that matter, the artists themselves, understand what photography really means, as I understand that term, it is essential for them to be taught the real meaning of art.

Alfred Stieglitz

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.

Andrew Wyeth

People are surprised at how down-to-earth I am. I like to stay home on Friday nights and listen to 'The Art of Happiness' by the Dalai Lama.

Carmen Electra

I think an art collection is a lot like a diary. Your taste evolves with time. I try to never sell anything, because it's part of my journey.

Delphine Arnault

Unfortunately, the boards of art institutions tend to be populated with well-meaning supporters of the arts who often lack any business background or appetite for imposing appropriate discipline.

Eli Broad

No nude, however abstract, should fail to arouse in the spectator some vestige of erotic feeling, even if it be only the faintest shadow - and if it does not do so it is bad art and false morals.

Kenneth Clark

The art world is never going to be popular like the NFL, but more people are buying art and I think that's cushioning, to a great extent, our art-market cycles.

Larry Gagosian

And currently, there are four to five new works in the pipeline for upcoming celebrations such as the Sydney 2000 Olympics, Australian Federation, my 50th Birthday, and Sydney Dance Company's 25th Anniversary.

Graeme Murphy

I have come to the conclusion that one useless man is a disgrace, that two become a lawfirm, and that three or more become a congress. -John Adams

1776

Indeed, bribery, favoritism, and corruption in a great variety of forms were rampant not only in politics, but in all levels of society.

1776

It was a day and age that saw no reason why one could not learn whatever was required - learn vitally anything - by the close study of books.

1776

Happiness doesn't just flow from success; it actually causes it.

59 Seconds: Think a Little, Change a Lot

There's a point where anecdotal evidence becomes truth

Animals Make Us Human: Creating the Best Life for Animals

The unwounded life bears no resemblance to the Rabbi.

Abba's Child: The Cry of the Heart for Intimate Belonging

In short, you had that particular ability which I never had: the ability to be alive.

Autobiography of a Corpse

...as I was sifting through a heap of old and new "identity cards," I noticed that something was missing: my identity.

Autobiography of a Corpse

It's the unknown that I fear, the bites of memories that still have no connections.

The Adoration of Jenna Fox

Some things aren't meant to be known. Only believed.

The Adoration of Jenna Fox

She was pretty in the way water is tasty: it does the job, but lacks pizzazz. (Skye on Charlie)

Alphas

His touch was like a bard's on his instrument, and it awakened a deep and mysterious music in my body.

Heir to Sevenwaters

Instead of reality being passively recorded by the brain, it is actively constructed by it.

Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain