The poet ranks far below the painter in the representation of visible things and far below the musician in that of invisible things.
Leonardo da VinciI regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being.
Oscar WildeAmazing that the human race has taken enough time out from thinking about food or sex to create the arts and sciences.
Mason CooleyA grocer is attracted to his business by a magnetic force, as great as the repulsion which renders it odious to artists.
Honore de BalzacAll who have meditated on the art of governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of empires depends on the education of youth.
AristotleIn the practical art of war, the best thing of all is to take the enemy's country whole and intact, to shatter and destroy it is not so good.
Sun TzuTrue ease in writing comes from art, not chance, as those who move easiest have learned to dance.
Alexander PopeI don't like food that's too carefully arranged, it makes me think that the chef is spending too much time arranging and not enough time cooking. If I wanted a picture I'd buy a painting.
Andy RooneyNo great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.
Oscar WildeI wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be ignorance and affection to be art.
Kahlil Gibran