“Vita brevis, ars longa (Життя коротке, мистецтво вічне (лат.)”
Source: Танці з кістками
“The artist's role in the world involves God's people being artistic for everyone, everywhere, and in everything inspired and directed by the law of love.”
Source: Why Everything That Doesn't Matter, Matters So Much: The Way of Love in a World of Hurt
“Bono’s pet phrase for the Zoo philosophy has been judo, jujitsu: using your enemy’s strength against him. It’s how the band reconciled their embrace of all the tools-commercialism, glamour, stardom, ostentation-to which U2’s music and beliefs had previously stood in opposition. Art students might suss this stuff by sophomore year, but U2 are artists by instinct, not training. It took them a decade to figure it out.”
Source: U2 at the End of the World
“When I paint, I abandon myself to the intuitive process and enter a space of uncensored discovery.”
Source: Have You Ever Had a Hunch?: The Importance of Imagination, Fantasy & Creative Thinking
“Art is a gift that never stops giving. It’s un-wanting even though it commands attention, and it’s one of two things that I know to be truly altruistic. The other is nature.”
Source: The Color of Everything: A Journey to Quiet the Chaos Within
“God is only as strong as your belief in him.”
“I think you're talking nonsense," said Cornelia, flushing. "I attend lectures every winter in Greek Art and the Renaissance, and I went to some on famous Women of History."
Mr. Ferguson groaned in agony: "Greek Art; Renaissance! Famous Women of History! It makes me quite sick to hear you. It's the future that matters, woman, not the past.”
Source: Death on the Nile
“An artist draws attention to something they find interesting. I love this idea of creativity
because it’s down to earth. Photos posted online, an oil painting in the national gallery, a
fridge magnet, a sculpture in the street – they’re a finger pointing at something the artist is
enthusiastic about and want to share.”
Source: Lie like an artist: Communicate successfully by focusing on essential truths
“We look at films, paintings, novels, and TV programs because the artist has given us a deeper awareness of what it is to be human. They reveal to us who we are.”
Source: Lie like an artist: Communicate successfully by focusing on essential truths
“If you paint a portrait of someone, it's a canvas covered with paint. It's not the actual person; it's an illusion (the lie). But the painting reveals more (the truths) about that person than if you met them. The artist's role is to help us see these hidden truths.”
Source: Lie like an artist: Communicate successfully by focusing on essential truths