Well, Art is Art, isn't it? Still, on the other hand, water is water. And east is east and west is west and if you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does. Now you tell me what you know. Groucho Marx
Admiration for a quality or an art can be so strong that it deters us from striving to possess it. Friedrich Nietzsche
Homer has taught all other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. Aristotle
Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a metaphysical supplement to the reality of nature, placed alongside thereof for its conquest. Friedrich Nietzsche
It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. Aristotle
For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity to exist, a certain physiological precondition is indispensable: intoxication. Friedrich Nietzsche
I do not know what the spirit of a philosopher could more wish to be than a good dancer. For the dance is his ideal, also his fine art, finally also the only kind of piety he knows, his 'divine service.' Friedrich Nietzsche
The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing. Marcus Aurelius
Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term Art, I should call it 'the reproduction of what the Senses perceive in Nature through the veil of the soul.' The mere imitation, however accurate, of what is in Nature, entitles no man to the sacred name of 'Artist.' Edgar Allan Poe
When art dresses in worn-out material it is most easily recognized as art. Friedrich Nietzsche
Sleeping is no mean art: for its sake one must stay awake all day. Friedrich Nietzsche
Take care to sell your horse before he dies. The art of life is passing losses on. Robert Frost
It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see. The writer shakes up the familiar scene, and, as if by magic, we see a new meaning in it. Anais Nin
Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world. Martin Luther
She had lost the art of conversation but not, unfortunately, the power of speech. George Bernard Shaw
You use a glass mirror to see your face you use works of art to see your soul. George Bernard Shaw