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“The power of art is as powerful as weapons of mass destruction; it's just where war destroys, art inspires. But in order to inspire, you need to react to it. And, if it doesn't penetrate your mind, you can't react to it.”

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Author:Nicolas Winding Refn

“You cannot dissociate birth from death, creation from destruction, good from evil. Thus any art is a form of drama standing between the two extreme poles of birth and death, just like life is drama. This is not sad, because to be alive means to be mortal, to pass through.”

Mean Art Two Form Life Is Evil Alive Creation Birth Drama Art Is Standing Destruction Extremes Mortals Birth And Death Two Extremes

Author:Paul Virilio

“I think art is inherently nonviolent and it actually occupies your mind with creation rather than destruction.”

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Author:Anthony Kiedis

“My fear of life is necessary to me, as is my illness. Without anxiety and illness, I am a ship without a rudder. My art is grounded in reflections over being different from others. My sufferings are part of my self and my art. They are indistinguishable from me, and their destruction would destroy my art. I want to keep those sufferings”

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Author:Edvard Munch

“the way to create art is to burn and destroy ordinary concepts and to substitute them with new truths that run down from the top of the head and out of the heart”

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Book:sifting through the madness for the word, the line, the way: New Poems

Source: sifting through the madness for the word, the line, the way: New Poems

“Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction.”

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Book:First and Last Notebooks: Supernatural Knowledge

Source: First and Last Notebooks: Supernatural Knowledge

“The goal of the martial arts is not for the destruction of an opponent, but rather for self-growth and self-perfection. The practice of a martial art should be a practice of love - for the preservation of life, for the preservation of body, and for the preservation of family and friends.”