The art of living well and the art of dying well are one. – Epicurus
A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art. – Benjamin Disraeli
Art can never exist without naked beauty displayed. – William Blake
I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want to own. – Andy Warhol
In Art, man reveals himself and not his objects. – Rabindranath Tagore
Art is the tree of life. Science is the tree of death. – William Blake
Eloquence, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be. It includes the gift of making any color appear white. – Ambrose Bierce
I am a poor man and of little worth, who is laboring in that art that God has given me in order to extend my life as long as possible. – Michelangelo
Progressive art can assist people to learn not only about the objective forces at work in the society in which they live, but also about the intensely social character of their interior lives. Ultimately, it can propel people toward social emancipation. – Salvador Dali
Chance gives rise to thoughts, and chance removes them no art can keep or acquire them. – Blaise Pascal
The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes. – Tony Blair
Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises. – Samuel Butler
In seeking wisdom thou art wise in imagining that thou hast attained it – thou art a fool. – Lord Chesterfield
Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty. – Saint Augustine
Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts – the book of their deeds, the book of their words and the book of their art. – John Ruskin
The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards. – Anatole France
Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing. – Edmund Burke
I say that democracy can never prove itself beyond cavil, until it founds and luxuriantly grows its own forms of art, poems, schools, theology, displacing all that exists, or that has been produced anywhere in the past, under opposite influences. – Walt Whitman
Listen to your inner-voice: Surround yourself with loving, nurturing people. Fall in love with your art and find yourself. Music is the great communicator. – Glenn Hughes
Winners have the ability to step back from the canvas of their lives like an artist gaining perspective. They make their lives a work of art – an individual masterpiece. – Denis Waitley
