Quotes by Art Remember that there is meaning beyond absurdity. Know that every deed counts, that every word is power...Above all, remember that you must build your life as if it were a work of art. Abraham Joshua Heschel deedsrememberart There is no specialized art of prayer. All of life must be a training to pray. We pray the way we live. Abraham Joshua Heschel trainingprayerart Knowledge-like the sky- is never private property. No teacher has a right to withhold it from anyone who asks for it. Teaching is the art of sharing. Abraham Joshua Heschel teachingteacherart Philosophy may be defined as the art of asking the right question...awareness of the problem outlives all solutions. The answers are questions in disguise, every new answer giving rise to new questions. Abraham Joshua Heschel givingphilosophyart You must build your life as if it were a work of art. Abraham Joshua Heschel works-of-artifsart Whatever man may stand, whatever he may do, to whatever he may apply his hand - in agriculture, in commerce, and in industry, or his mind, in the world of art, and science - he is, in whatsoever it may be, constantly standing before the face of God. He is employed in the service of his God. He has strictly to obey his God. And above all, he has to aim at the glory of his God. Abraham Kuyper faithmenart The motive of art comes to us not from what exists, but from the notion that there is something higher, something nobler, something richer, and that what exists corresponds only partially to all of this. Abraham Kuyper notionmotiveart We understand hereby, that the family, the business, science, art and so forth are all social spheres, which do not owe their existence to the State, but obey a high authority within their own bosom; an authority which rules, by the grace of God, just as the sovereignty of the State does. Abraham Kuyper gracedoeart Unchecked, the dominating influences of money and of barren intellectualism would reduce the life of emotions to freezing point. And, unable to grasp the holier benefits of religion, the mysticism of the heart reacts in the art-intoxication. .... In this cold, irreligious and practical age the warmth of this devotion to art has kept alive many higher aspirations of our soul, which otherwise might readily have died, as they did in the middle of the last century. Abraham Kuyper soulageart The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person. Abraham Lincoln religiousartreligion Writing, the art of communicating thoughts to the mind through the eye, is the great invention of the world. Abraham Lincoln distancewritingart The greatest fine art of the future will be the making of a comfortable living from a small piece of land. Abraham Lincoln gardenlandart I have never studied the art of paying compliments to women; but I must say that if all that has been said by orators and poets since the creation of the world in praise of women were applied to the women of America, it would not do them justice for their conduct during this war. Abraham Lincoln waramericaart Ere long the most valuable of all arts will be the art of deriving a comfortable subsistence from the smallest area of soil. No community where every member possesses the art can ever be the victim of oppression in any of its forms. Abraham Lincoln communitylongart Cortissoz was art critic of the New York Herald Tribune. Abraham Lincoln criticsnew-yorkart In the world's history certain inventions and discoveries occurred, of peculiar value, on account of their great efficiency in facilitating all other inventions and discoveries. Of these were the art of writing and of printing - the discovery of America, and the introduction of Patent-laws. The date of the first ... is unknown; but it certainly was as much as fifteen hundred years before the Christian era; the second-printing-came in 1436, or nearly three thousand years after the first. The others followed more rapidly - the discovery of America in 1492, and the first patent laws in 1624. Abraham Lincoln christianwritingart Some reckon their age by years, Some measure their life by art; But some tell their days by the flow of their tears And their lives by the moans of their hearts. Abram Joseph Ryan lifeyearsart I like '50s and '60s American art. I have 85 or 90 Warhols. Aby Rosen warholart I could go out to five parties a day if I wanted to. I don't. I have attachments to my wife and kids - and about 20 pieces of art. Aby Rosen attachmentkidsart I remember my emotions the day we watched Nelson Mandela walk out of prison Writing & literature in South Africa during the anti-apartheid years, became a 'cultural weapon.' You had to use it to fight apartheid & some of us resisted that in the end, you recognize that you are facing a government that has no scruples about using culture & art to oppress you. Achmat Dangor fightingwritingart«1234567891011»
