Georg Simmel Quotes

Der Fremde ist uns nah, insofern wir Gleichheiten nationaler oder sozialer, berufsmäßiger oder allgemein menschlicher Art zwischen ihm und uns fühlen; er ist uns fern, insofern diese Gleichheiten über ihn und uns hinausreichen und uns beide nur verbinden, weil sie überhaupt sehr Viele verbinden.

Georg Simmel

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You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.

Napoleon Bonaparte
- Art
- War
- Enemy
I was a fine arts major in college, and a painter for many years. And I found that, like writing, art is very similar.

Kami Garcia
- Writing
- Art
- College
There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is by studying little things that we attain the great art of having as little misery and as much happiness as possible.

Samuel Johnson
- Great
- Art
- Happiness
The record business is dangerous to the health of bands and individuals, which is something I'm just now learning. But it's not dangerous in any of the ways people think; it's not that they try to make you compromise your art. That's not the problem.

T Bone Burnett
- People
- Art
- Business
Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.

Pablo Picasso
- Art
- Sun
- Yellow
Art is like breathing for me. If I don't do it, I start to choke.

Yoko Ono
- Art
- Me
- Start