“Making lyrics feel natural, sit on music in such a way that you dont feel the effort of the author, so that they shine and bubble and rise and fall, is very, very hard to do. Whereas you can sit at the piano and just play and feel youre making art.” WayFeelsArtHardPlayFallNaturalEffortShiningPianoBubblesRise And Fall Author:Stephen Sondheim
“No matter what is happening in life or in the world - war, natural disaster, poor health, pain, the death of loved ones - if existence is filled with art, music and literature, life will be fulfilling, a joy.” IfsWorldArtWarMatterPainJoyLiteratureNaturalPoorExistenceHappeningsNo Matter WhatFilledDisasterWar Of The WorldsLoved OnesDeath Of A Loved OneFulfillingNatural DisasterArt MusicPoor Health Author:Karen DeCrow
“Is it reasonable that even the arts should take advantage of and profit by our natural stupidity and feebleness of mind?” ShouldMindArtNaturalHuman NatureAdvantageProfitStupidityReasonable Author:Michel de Montaigne
“Once out of nature I shall never take My bodily form from any natural thing, But such a form as Grecian goldsmiths make” ArtFormArtistNatureNaturalNatural ThingsDrowsyLords And LadiesByzantium Author:William Butler Yeats
“He who has learned what is commonly considered the whole art of painting, that is, the art of representing any natural object faithfully, has as yet only learned the language by which his thoughts are to be expressed.” ArtWholeArtistLanguageNaturalObjectsPaintingRepresenting Book:The True and the Beautiful in Nature, Art, Morals, and Religion, Selected from the Works of John Ruskin Source: The True and the Beautiful in Nature, Art, Morals, and Religion, Selected from the Works of John Ruskin
“Why must ancients, and provided the same talent, be better than modern authors? Free to exploit the vast realm of the simpleand the natural, they did not have to be artificial in order to be original (which every artist aspires to be).” ArtPoetryArtistOrderNaturalModernTalentPoetOriginalsRealmsArtificialAspireExploits Author:Franz Grillparzer
“Human beings are part of nature. Anything they do is natural. It's impossible for anything in nature to do anything unnatural.” MenHumansArtNatureNaturalHuman BeingsImpossibleUnnatural Author:Philip Jose Farmer
“mixing comes natural. i just ought to. not am i mixed to perfection, i have aptitude for art and colors.” ArtNaturalColorOughtPerfectionMixingAptitude Author:Rita Williams-Garcia
“The exercise of magical power is the exercise of natural powers, but superior to the ordinary functions of Nature. A miracle is not a violation of the laws of Nature, except for ignorant people. Magic is but a science, a profound knowledge of the Occult forces in Nature, and of the laws governing the visible or the invisible world. Spiritualism in the hands of an adept becomes Magic, for he is learned in the art of blending together the laws of the Universe, without breaking any of them and thereby violating Nature.” PeopleWorldArtHandsTogetherLawUniverseForceNaturalMagicExerciseOrdinaryFunctionMiracleProfoundInvisibleIgnorantSuperiorsVisibleLaws Of NatureViolationGoverningOccultSpiritualismAdeptIgnorant People Author:H. P. Blavatsky
“If they who understand the utmost refinement of any art will enjoy the perfection of it in a manner superior to other men, will they not amply pay for that advantage in feeling more than other men the imperfection of it, which in the natural course of things must so much oftener fall in their way?” IfsMenWayArtFeelingsFallCoursesEnjoyNaturalPayAdvantagePerfectionSuperiorsImperfectionRefinement Author:Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke
“The art of Navigation demonstrates how, by the shortest good way, by the aptest direction, and in the shortest time, a sufficient ship, between any two places (in passage navigable) assigned, may be conducted; and in all storms and natural disturbances chancing, how to use the best possible means, whereby to recover the place first assigned. Mathematical Preface” WayFirstsMayMeanArtTwoUseNaturalStormShipsMathematicalSufficientPassagesGood WayDisturbanceNavigation Author:John Dee
“Where philosophy ends, poetry must commence. There should not be a common point of view, a natural manner of thinking which standsin contrast to art and liberal education, or mere living; that is, one should not conceive of a realm of crudeness beyond the boundaries of education. Every conscious link of an organism should not perceive its limits without a feeling for its unity in relation to the whole. For example, philosophy should not only be contrasted to non-philosophy, but also to poetry.” ThinkingShouldArtEndsPhilosophyWholeFeelingsPoetryNaturalViewsCommonExamplePoetLimitsConsciousRelationPhilosophicalUnityMerePoint Of ViewBoundariesPerceiveRealmsLinksContrastOrganismsLiberal Education Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“Infiltrating the mainstream was a natural extension of my street art. I've always tried to communicate ideas to the public as directly as possible.” ArtIdeasNaturalStreetsCommunicateMainstreamExtensionsStreet Art Author:Eric Drooker
“An elegant simplicity is an understated, organic aesthetic that contrasts with the excess of consumerist lifestyles. Drawing from influences ranging from Zen to the Quakers, it celebrates natural materials and clean, functional expressions, such as are found in many of the hand-made arts and crafts from this community.” ArtMadeHandsFoundCommunityNaturalInfluenceExpressionMaterialsCleanSimplicityDrawingLifestyleCelebrateCraftsExcessAestheticContrastElegantQuakerUnderstatedArts And CraftsNatural Materials Author:Duane Elgin