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Of all those arts in which the wise excel, Nature's chief masterpiece is writing well.


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Of all those arts in which the wise excel, Nature's chief masterpiece is writing well.
ANDRE BRETON Of all the arts in which the wise excel, nature's chief masterpiece is writing well.
DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM The art of Frida Kahlo is a ribbon around a bomb' (Andre Breton qtd. p. 55)
CHRISTINA BURRUS For all those people who are once again writing off Andre Agassi, beware.
JUSTIN GIMELSTOB The chief difficulty which prevents men of science from believing in divine as well as in nature Spi...
HELENA BLAVATSKY Living in Cape Breton, it's really all about fiddle music, so it's not like there were other...
NATALIE MACMASTER A friend might well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON Nature's great masterpiece, an elephant; the only harmless great thing.
JOHN DONNE Of writing well the source and fountainhead is wise thinking.
HORACE I don't consider myself an artist necessarily, but craftsmen or people in the arts, their spirit...
AL FRANKEN All of the arts, poetry, music, ritual, the visible arts, the theater, must singly and together crea...
BERNARD BERENSON All's well that carries on well
AMIT ABRAHAM The danger chiefly lies in acting well; no crime's so great as daring to excel.
CHARLES CHURCHILL The heart of a father is the masterpiece of nature.
ANTOINE FRANçOIS PRéVOST D'EXILES By reading a lot of novels in a variety of genres, and asking questions, it's possible to learn ...
NICHOLAS SPARKS When I was an adolescent, I abandoned my country at 23 years to come to Paris to know Andre Breton, ...
ALEJANDRO JODOROWSKY The importance of the arts to the societies in which they thrive is well documented.
KAREN KAIN In writing lyrics - well, for me, anyway - it's about getting into character, you know? 'Who...
IAN ANDERSON 'Don't Look Now' is a masterpiece. I think it's the best-edited movie of all time. I...
EDGAR WRIGHT All nature's creatures join to express nature's purpose. Somewhere in their mounting and mat...
GRAHAM SWIFT We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those whic...
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE One of my favorite films is 'Big Fish,' which I think is a masterpiece.
GEORGE CLOONEY Nature is amazing wonder.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Writing songs about fancying people in dance clubs is all very well but it's not the be-all and ...
SOPHIE ELLIS-BEXTOR The actor creates with his own flesh and blood all those things which all the arts try in some way t...
LEE STRASBERG I've danced my whole life. Martial arts is just fun for me, it's all choreographed a bit lik...
CAITY LOTZ I always believed in animal spirits. It's not their existence that is new. It's the fact tha...
ALAN GREENSPAN The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good na...
JOSEPH ADDISON The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good na...
JOSEPH ADDISON In the arts of life man invents nothing; but in the arts of death he outdoes Nature herself, and pro...
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW In the arts of life man invents nothing; but in the arts of death he outdoes Nature herself, and pro...
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW I love a good laugh as well, I think that's so important in life, which is probably why I've...
PAUL KANE Nature is my manifestation of God. I go to nature every day for inspiration in the day's work. I...
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT I don't see the arts as competitive at all. It was a better angel of my nature. Sports is zero-s...
RICHARD LINKLATER It's my goal to make martial arts compulsory for girls in school. In China, you have to do two y...
AKSHAY KUMAR Poets writing in English have long learned to mourn from classical precedents. They have drawn on a ...
SUSAN STEWART Even more importantly, it's wine, food and the arts. Incorporating those three enhances the qual...
ROBERT MONDAVI Those who are blessed with the most talent don't necessarily outperform everyone else. It's ...
MARY KAY ASH It's been said that government doesn't create jobs, business does. For the most part, this i...
CHRISTINE GREGOIRE Certainly being in California has encouraged a sustained commitment to rethinking the nature, purpos...
BRIAN FERNEYHOUGH What I hope my writing reflects... is a sense of the connections between all human beings... and a d...
CHRIS CRUTCHER On the other hand, if there's an underlying core of poetry that I go to, I go to the sea. I'...
RICHARD SERRA This universe can very well be expressed in words and syllables which are not those of one's mot...
TAHAR BEN JELLOUN Man's chief merit consists in resisting the impulses of his nature
SAMUEL JOHNSON In my opinion, the motion picture is the greatest medium of expression ever invented. It embraces al...
KING VIDOR There's an entire flight simulator hidden in every copy of Microsoft Excel 97.
BRUCE SCHNEIER Great writing is great writing. It's as simple as all that.
KATE MULGREW Since we are assured that the all-wise Creator has observed the most exact proportions of number, we...
STEPHEN HALES An excellent motivational quotes are those which inspire us to excel in our objective to motivate to...
ANUJ SOMANY The novel moves like all the arts. It's transforming itself all the time.
NATHALIE SARRAUTE I am always busy, which is perhaps the chief reason why I am always well.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTON Literature at its fullest takes human nature as its theme. That's the kind of writing that inter...
DAMON GALGUT If I'm writing about a modern-day suburb, there's going to be details of the home and furnit...
GENE LUEN YANG Conflict is good in a negotiation process... it's the clash of two ideas, which then, all being ...
LUKE ROBERTS Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then they are of all men the leas...
ARISTOTLE That's the reason support for the National Endowment of the Arts is so important. It enables tho...
DAVID SELBY My nominee for Best Picture of the year - maybe the best picture ever, because it's essentially ...
JERRY SALTZ A cultivated man, wise to know and bold to perform, is the end to which nature works, and the educat...
RALPH WALDO EMERSON There is in human nature generally more of the fool than of the wise
FRANCIS BACON SR. Our life is our masterpiece, it's up to us on how we paint our story. It's up to us how we see the s...
NATHANIEL E. QUIMADA My poor body, madam, requires it: I am driven on by the flesh; and he must needs go that the devil d...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Well, I'm a writer by nature, and I got a little bit - a little taste of a daily fast-paced writ...
VICTORIA GOTTI I came from doing Wushu and other martial arts, and then I got into movies, and I had to learn that ...
DANIEL WU They do some things very well, which is why we consider them our chief competitor.
CLAY COURVILLE Brilliance is the masterpiece of your mind. Excellence is the masterpiece of your heart. Genius is t...
MATSHONA DHLIWAYO Hobbits are a lot like Scots. It's all about nature and enjoying their land, which is a very Sco...
BILLY BOYD We grew up in a very creative environment and were exposed to the arts at a very young age, so it...
SPIKE LEE I look at directing as a sporting event. It's a race, a marathon. It's great when it clicks,...
MICHAEL BAY Who you really are is Nonphysical Energy focused is a physical body, knowing full well that all is w...
ABRAHAM HICKS Being present is being connected to All Things.
S. KELLEY HARRELL, M. DIV. To create one's world in any of the arts takes courage.
GEORGIA O'KEEFFE It is a must to excel in the area God has called us.
SUNDAY ADELAJA In America, everyone writes but no one reads. Everyone's writing all day long - sending emails, ...
GARY SHTEYNGART There's a kind of dynamic quality about theater and that dynamic quality expresses itself in rel...
WOLE SOYINKA Philosophically considered, the universe is composed of Nature and the Soul. Strictly speaking, ther...
RALPH WALDO EMERSON I like to take writing retreats within a day's drive of home. Less travel time means more time f...
KATE KLISE The mark of a real man, is a man who can allow himself to fall deeply in love with a woman. But the ...
C. JOYBELL C. Mr. Breton didn't know about location, location, location.
DANIEL PINKWATER The formation of one's character ought to be everyone's chief aim.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE If the character is really well-rounded, and it's a really strong character, and if the writing ...
AMANDA ABBINGTON This character in the film, these things that he says which sound like advice and wise things, they ...
OMAR SHARIF Music is one of those businesses in which, if you're talented and hustle hard enough, you can ma...
TROY CARTER I think too many people look at the arts with a religious outlook. Arts, music, singing and performi...
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WILLIAM MORRIS HUNT I'm a writer who simply can't know what I'm writing about until the writing lets me disc...
FLOYD SKLOOT If there's anything I'm keen to get better at in my writing, then it's the writing of pr...
DAVID NICHOLLS Every student has their brilliance in something. There are students who won't excel in other areas, ...
DON MOORE The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing.
EPICTETUS The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forebearing.
EPICTETUS I've been writing fiction probably since I was about 6 years old, so it's something that is ...
CANDACE BUSHNELL This pattern is fundamental to probably all Japanese art, particularly the performing arts or poetry...
GARY MATHEWS There's sketch, improv, writing, acting, music, and badminton. Those are the seven forms of come...
T. J. MILLER Our job is to represent the truth of human nature, whether you're playing a tender love story th...
TOM HIDDLESTON Cooking is the best way to unwind at the end of a long writing day. There's something mindless a...
LAUREN KATE He wants you to excel, ... Do well in the classroom as well as on the field.
JEFF MULLINS I'm writing a musical. I am. I was able to buy the rights to 'The Preacher's Wife,' ...
TITUSS BURGESS For me, most of the anxiety and difficulty of writing takes place in the act of not writing. It'...
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ANDRE GIDE A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.
ANDRE MAUROIS So long as we live among men, let us cherish humanity.
ANDRE GIDE There are admirable potentialities in every human being. Believe in your strength and your youth. Le...
ANDRE GIDE Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy man has no time to form.
ANDRE MAUROIS Hip-hop don't have no fresh energy, none at all. It's money driven, everybody tryin' to ...
ANDRE BENJAMIN I think it's fair to say more adultery goes on in hotels than any other place in the world.
ANDRE BALAZS Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding.
ANDRE GIDE