Susanne Langer Quotes
Art is just as comprehensible as science, but in its own terms.
Susanne Langer
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Never speak to an invalid from behind, nor from the door, nor from any distance from him, nor when he is doing anything. The official politeness of servants in these things is so grateful to invalids, that many prefer, without knowing why, having none but servants about them.
Florence Nightingale
I still remember my first Giacometti exhibition, and going back to the museum every day, whenever I could, to look again and again at these long, thin stick figures, so beautiful, so graceful. That, I think, was the moment I became really obsessed by art.
Hans-Ulrich Obrist
I tell people all the time, 'Don't give up.' We get almost to our blessing, whether you believe spiritually in God or in a good force and an evil force. We get almost to our blessing, and we quit. Don't stop.
Sam Childers
We have to be aware of our fragilities as human beings - when we see cruelty, to understand that in certain conditions, we could be cruel, too.
Ingrid Betancourt
When hypocrisy is a character trait, it also affects one's thinking, because it consists in the negation of all the aspects of reality that one finds disagreeable, irrational or repugnant.
Octavio Paz
My brother married young, and his is the best marriage I know.
Maeve Binchy
I'm a huge fan of Canadian rock-and-roll. When I was growing up, Rush came out with a record called Hemispheres, and I must have listened to that record for two years straight. Even when I was asleep I had it on. So, yeah, whenever I hear a Rush tune, the first thing I think of is Toronto.
Kiefer Sutherland
The joy of YouTube is that you can create content about anything you feel passionate about, however silly the subject matter.
Zoe Sugg
Art is the activity that exalts and denies simultaneously. 'No artist tolerates reality,' says Nietzsche.
Albert Camus
In America, the only truly popular art form is the movies. Most people consider painting a hobby and literature, schoolwork.
Brad Holland
But O, how bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another man's eyes.
William Shakespeare
Art is just as comprehensible as science, but in its own terms.
Susanne Langer
