Good manners is the art of making those people easy with whom we converse. Whoever makes the fewest people uneasy is the best bred in the room. Jonathan Swift on art
Lying just for the fun of it is either art or pathology. Mason Cooley on art
Death be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so. For, those, whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow. Die not, poor death, nor yet canst thou kill me. John Donne on art
Evil is committed without effort, naturally, fatally goodness is always the product of some art. Charles Baudelaire on art
The educator must believe in the potential power of his pupil, and he must employ all his art in seeking to bring his pupil to experience this power. Alfred Adler on art
The effort of art is to keep what is interesting in existence, to recreate it in the eternal. George Santayana on art
I consider skateboarding an art form, a lifestyle and a sport. 'Action sport' would be the least offensive categorization. Tony Hawk on art
Logic is neither an art nor a science but a dodge. Stendhal on art
The excellency of every art is its intensity, capable of making all disagreeable evaporate. John Keats on art
Let each man exercise the art he knows. Aristophanes on art
In science, as in art, and, as I believe, in every other sphere of human activity, there may be wisdom in a multitude of counsellors, but it is only in one or two of them. Thomas Huxley on art
You may choose your words like a connoisseur, And polish it up with art, But the word that sways, and stirs, and stays, Is the word that comes from the heart. Ella Wheeler Wilcox on art
People are surprised at how down-to-earth I am. I like to stay home on Friday nights and listen to 'The Art of Happiness' by the Dalai Lama. Carmen Electra on art
Emotion resulting from a work of art is only of value when it is not obtained by sentimental blackmail. Jean Cocteau on art