“Music is the art... which most completely realizes the artistic idea and is the condition to which all the other arts are constantly aspiring.” ArtIdeasRealizingMusicConditionsMusic IsArtistic Author:Oscar Wilde
“Surely knowledge of the natural world, knowledge of the human condition, knowledge of the nature and dynamics of society, knowledge of the past so that one may use it in experiencing the present and aspiring to the future--all of these, it would seem reasonable to suppose, are essential to an educated man. To these must be added another--knowledge of the products of our artistic heritage that mark the history of our esthetic wonder and delight.” MenWorldHumansMayUseSeemsPastNaturalEducationWonderConditionsProductsEssentialsMarkDelightEducatedArtisticReasonableHeritageHuman ConditionNatural WorldDynamicsEducated ManKnowledge Of The Past Book:On Knowing: Essays for the Left Hand Source: On Knowing: Essays for the Left Hand
“The pendulum oscillates between these two terms: Suffering-that opens a window on the real and is the main condition of the artistic experience, and Boredom ... that must be considered as the most tolerable because the most durable of human evils.” HumansTwoRealSufferingEvilTermConditionsWindowArtisticBoredomTolerablePendulums Book:The collected works of Samuel Beckett Source: The collected works of Samuel Beckett
“I like filming in New York a lot myself, but London is accommodating to me; the weather's very good there and the conditions for shooting and the financial conditions, the artistic conditions are good, so it's a pleasant place to shoot.” ConditionsNew YorkVery GoodFinancialLondonWeatherArtisticShootingPleasant Author:Woody Allen
“I love the whole kind of notion of transformation for me is (what) excites me about not only acting, but storytelling. I love, I love that notion of a slightly larger-than-life artistic truth, you know, magnifying real emotional truth (or) finding something about human condition (which), you wouldn't necessarily think you can learn from characters such as Kong or Gollum, but actually they are, you know, these huge amplifications of a human psyche and I suppose those kind of roles have always attracted me definitely.” ThinkingKnowsHumansKindRealWholeCharacterActingRolesConditionsEmotionalHugeFindingsTransformationNotionStorytellingArtisticHuman ConditionLarger Than LifeMagnifyingHuman PsycheAmplification Author:Andy Serkis