The moral effect of the thundering of one's own artillery is most extraordinary, and many of us thought that we had never heard any more welcome sound than the deep roaring and crashing that started in at our rear.
I've never really considered myself just a street artist. I consider myself a populist.
The man who never in his mind and thoughts travel'd to heaven is no artist.
The artist is chosen by God to fulfill his commands and must never be overwhelmed by public opinion.
For the theatre one needs long arms; it is better to have them too long than too short. An artiste with short arms can never, never make a fine gesture.
For the theatre one needs long arms... an artiste with short arms can never make a fine gesture.
Art should never try to be popular. The public should try to make itself artistic.
The aim of our studies is to prove that color is the most relative means of artistic expression, that we never really perceive what color is physically.
I have never considered myself a poet. I have no interest in poetic artistry.
I remember opening up my first vinyl and seeing the incredible artwork it had. There's nothing like it. You also get that true gritty sound on vinyl that really makes a rock record sound great, which CDs can never achieve.
I never expected the White House to be warm, and the artwork on the walls was extraordinary. I am a fan of the Louvre, but being there it was almost just as good.
I went to a very academic school, but I never really quite... I think because not that many people were particular creative or arty, I felt a little bit different.
Maybe it's the way that I do music, but I was never in a cool indie band or hung out with all the cool arty kids when I came to London.
Chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans have been living for hundreds of thousands of years in their forest, living fantastic lives, never overpopulating, never destroying the forest. I would say that they have been in a way more successful than us as far as being in harmony with the environment.
I never saw a discontented tree. They grip the ground as though they liked it, and though fast rooted they travel about as far as we do.
Our ascendancy of the past two centuries - first Europe and then the U.S. - has bred a western-centric mentality: the West is the fount of all wisdom. We think of ourselves as open-minded, but our sense of superiority has closed our minds. We never entertained the idea that China could surpass the U.S.
I never contemplated any kind of existence or identity after my career. I never thought at some point the entertainment industry is going to be through with me. And when it first occurred to me that my career was going to cease to be ascendant, then I freaked out.
Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.
You will not dishonor the divine perfections by judgments unworthy of them, provided you never judge of Him by yourself, provided you do not ascribe to the Creator the imperfections and limitations of created beings.
The fact is, I was never too bright in school. I ain't ashamed of it, though. I mean, how much do school principals make a month?
