“Even though artists of all kinds claim to put their hearts and souls into their works, it will only confuse you, for example, if you try to discern a painter by his paintings. His masterpiece may be the master because of its iridescence; it may display a hundred different perspectives through his single face.” IfsTryingHeartKindMayDifferentSoulFacesArtistExamplePaintingMastersPerspectiveHundredClaimsAll KindsPainterWorking ItDisplayMasterpieceHeart And SoulDifferent Perspective Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“My time in Weimar Berlin was the most elegant in my life. I would have parties for a hundred people - writers, scientists, artists.” PeopleArtistPartyHundredScientistMy TimeElegantBerlin Author:Eva Zeisel
“It may happen in the next hundred years that the English novelists of the present day will come to be valued as we now value the artists and craftsmen of the late eighteenth century.” YearsMayHappensArtistValuesNextCenturyLateHundredNovelistsPresent DayCraftsman Book:The world of Evelyn Waugh Source: The world of Evelyn Waugh
“They've been screaming about the death of literacy for years, but I think TV is the Gutenberg [printing] press. I think TV is the only thing that keeps us vaguely in democracy even if it's in the hands of the corporate culture. If you're an artist you write in your time. Moaning about the fact that maybe people read more books a hundred years ago - that's not true. I think the same percentage has always read.” PeopleIfsThinkingWritingYearsBookFactsHandsArtistCultureDemocracyTvsHundredYears AgoPressesCorporateLiteracyPercentagesPrintingCorporate CulturePrinting PressMoaningGutenberg Author:Sherman Alexie