For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity to exist, a certain physiological precondition is indispensable: intoxication. – Friedrich Nietzsche
When art dresses in worn-out material it is most easily recognized as art. – Friedrich Nietzsche
Sleeping is no mean art: for its sake one must stay awake all day. – Friedrich Nietzsche
Art raises its head where creeds relax. – Friedrich Nietzsche
The bad gains respect through imitation, the good loses it especially in art. – Friedrich Nietzsche
Politics is the art of controlling your environment. – Hunter S. Thompson
Take care to sell your horse before he dies. The art of life is passing losses on. – Robert Frost
It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see. The writer shakes up the familiar scene, and, as if by magic, we see a new meaning in it. – Anais Nin
Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world. – Martin Luther
She had lost the art of conversation but not, unfortunately, the power of speech. – George Bernard Shaw
You use a glass mirror to see your face you use works of art to see your soul. – George Bernard Shaw
Art is the beautiful way of doing things. Science is the effective way of doing things. Business is the economic way of doing things. – Elbert Hubbard
Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art. Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art. – Andy Warhol
The art of government is the organisation of idolatry. – George Bernard Shaw
Truly fertile Music, the only kind that will move us, that we shall truly appreciate, will be a Music conducive to Dream, which banishes all reason and analysis. One must not wish first to understand and then to feel. Art does not tolerate Reason. – Albert Camus
Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. – Pablo Picasso
Art is never finished, only abandoned. – Leonardo da Vinci
The art of government is to make two-thirds of a nation pay all it possibly can pay for the benefit of the other third. – Voltaire
My goal is to be one with the music. I just dedicate my whole life to this art. – Jimi Hendrix
Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it. – Dwight D. Eisenhower
