The degree in which a poets imagination dominates reality is, in the end, the exact measure of his importance and dignity. – George Santayana
Music is a means of giving form to our inner feelings, without attaching them to events or objects in the world. – George Santayana
To the art of working well a civilized race would add the art of playing well. – George Santayana
The effort of art is to keep what is interesting in existence, to recreate it in the eternal. – George Santayana
Its a great excuse and luxury, having a job and blaming it for your inability to do your own art. When you dont have to work, you are left with the horror of facing your own lack of imagination and your own emptiness. A devastating possibility when finally time is your own. – Julian Schnabel