“An artist's fine goal is to manifest a well-nigh heroic self-discipline, carefully attending to all that concerns him.” WellsSelfArtistGoalFineDisciplineConcernManifestHeroicSelf DisciplineAttending Book:Affirmations for Artists Source: Affirmations for Artists
“So, I'm not on a diet. I'm on a journey with Jesus to learn the fine art of self-discipline for the purpose of holiness.” ArtSelfPurposeJesusJourneyFineDisciplineDietsHolinessSelf DisciplineFine Arts Author:Lysa TerKeurst
“There is plenty of room left for exact experiment in art, and the gate has been opened for some time. What had been accomplished in music by the end of the eighteenth century has only begun in the fine arts. Mathematics and physics have given us a clue in the form of rules to be strictly observed or departed from, as the case may be. Here salutary discipline is come to grips first of all with the function of forms, and not with form as the final result … in this way we learn how to look beyond the surface and get to the root of things.” WayFirstsLooksMayHas BeensArtEndsFormLeftGivenRoomsResultsMusicCasesLearningCenturyFineDisciplineRootsFunctionMathematicsFinalsSurfacePhysicsExperimentsPlentyAccomplishedGatesClueFine ArtsDeparted Author:Paul Klee
“Honesty comes only with sound health, physically and psychologically, and an honest mind cannot be separated from the most genuine acknowledgment of expression. It should be recognized that pure perfection is unobtainable. Therefore, the realization that one's irrevocable faults and deficiencies must be faced guides us toward the first step of learning. We must each accept any situation as it actually is, with dignity. In that fine balance of acceptance of self and the mission to better oneself, compassion, humility, and discipline are nurtured.” ShouldMindFirstsSelfSoundCompassionSituationAcceptingStepsHonestHonestyAcceptanceHumilityExpressionFineBalanceDisciplinePureDignityPerfectionFaultsOneselfMissionsGuidesGenuineRealizationSelf AcceptanceFirst StepsDeficiencyAcknowledgmentIrrevocable Author:Midori Goto
“There's a snobbery at work in architecture. The subject is too often treated as a fine art, delicately wrapped in mumbo-jumbo. In reality, it's an all-embracing discipline taking in science, art, maths, engineering, climate, nature, politics, economics.” ArtRealitySubjectsFineDisciplineEconomicsClimateMathArchitectureTreatedEngineeringFine ArtsSnobbery Author:Norman Foster
“Parents walk a fine line between discipline and grace - values have to hold even when circumstances change or call for compromise or compassion. It's the ultimate challenge to be both firm and fluid, soft and strong, yielding yet rock solid.” ValuesStrongParentChallengesLinesWalksCompassionGraceRocksFineDisciplineCircumstancesUltimateCompromiseFirmFluidFine Lines Author:Kristin Armstrong
“Art history is fine. I mean, that's a discipline. Art history is art history, and you start from the beginning and you end up in artist in time. But art is a little bit different. Art is a conversation. And if there's no conversation, what the hell is it about?” IfsMeanLittlesArtDifferentEndsArtistBitsHellFineDisciplineConversationLittle BitArt IsArt History Author:Lawrence Weiner
“I think the discipline comes with turning that cellphone and Blackberry off and unplugging completely. You do that and you go through some withdrawals in the beginning. You start thinking, 'Oh, do I need to do this? Do I need to do that?' You forget that we were doing just fine with the payphone.” ThinkingNeedsForgetFineDisciplineWithdrawalBlackberriesCellphone Author:Matthew McConaughey