109 quotes found
“Art is a staple like bread or wine or a warm coat in winter. Man's spirit grows hungry for art in the same way his stomach growls for food.”
“The artist has a special task and duty the task of reminding men of their humanity and the promise of their creativity.”
“Each of us is an artist capable of conceiving and creating a vision from the depths of our being.”
“All that is good in art is the expression of one soul talking to another and is precious according to the greatness of the soul that utters it.”
“The artist alone sees spirits. But after he has told of their appearing to him everybody sees them.”
“Artists are nearest God. Into their souls he breathes his life and from their hands it comes in fair articulate forms to bless the world.”
“A work of art has an author and yet when it is perfect it has something which is anonymous about it.”
“The artist is the confidant of nature flowers carry on dialogues with him through the graceful bending of their stems and the harmoniously tinted nuances of their blossoms. Every flower has a cordi...”
“There are painters who transform the sun to a yellow spot but there are others who with the help of their art and their intelligence transform a yellow spot into sun.”
“Dancing is the loftiest the most moving the most beautiful of the arts because it is no mere translation or abstraction from life it is life itself.”
“If you can walk you can dance. Zimbabwe saying Music is well said to be the speech of angels.”
“Music is the child of prayer the companion of religion.”
“Music is the art of the prophets the only art that can calm the agitations of the soul it is one of the most magnificent and delightful presents God has given us.”
“Musical training is a more potent instrument than any other because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul.”
“We are full of rhythms . . . our pulse our gestures our digestive tracts the lunar and seasonal cycles.”
“When I hear music I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times and to the latest.”
“The best most beautiful and most perfect way that we have of expressing a sweet concord of mind to each other is by music.”
“When words leave off music begins.”
“There is no feeling except the extremes of fear and grief that does not find relief in music.”
“Without music life is a journey through a desert.”
