The art of life is to live in the present moment, and to make that moment as perfect as we can by the realization that we are the instruments and expression of God Himself.
~ Emmet Fox
What was any art but a mould in which to imprison for a moment the shining elusive element which is life itself - life hurrying past us and running away, too strong to stop, too sweet to lose.
~ Willa Cather
The word 'art' interests me very much. If it comes from Sanskrit, as I've heard, it signifies 'making.' Now everyone makes something, and those who make things on a canvas with a frame, they're called artists. Formerly, they were called craftsmen, a term I prefer. We're all craftsmen, in civilian or military or artistic life.
~ Marcel Duchamp
Take care to sell your horse before he dies. The art of life is passing losses on.
~ Robert Frost
Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one.
~ Stella Adler
Making beautiful things for everyday use is a wonderful thing to do - making life flow more easily - but art confronts life, allowing it to stop and perhaps change direction - they are completely different.
~ Antony Gormley
The thing is that as you grow through life, the pursuit of art and the pursuit of new ideas, all these things keeps your mind elastic.
~ Patti Smith
It is not in life, but in art that self-fulfillment is to be found.
~ Wilson Mizner
In a storm, I think, 'What if the gospel be not true? Then thou art, of all men, most foolish. For what has thou given up thy goods, thy ease, thy friends, thy reputation, thy country, thy life?'
~ John Wesley
In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. In life may you proceed with balance and stealth.
Everyone thinks they can write a play you just write down what happened to you. But the art of it is drawing from all the moments of your life.
~ Neil Simon
Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the art of life is to get the message.
~ Malcolm Muggeridge
To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our reach, is the great art of life.
~ William Samuel Johnson
When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life.
~ Marcus Aurelius
Wherever art appears, life disappears.
~ Robert Motherwell
What strikes me is the fact that in our society, art has become something which is only related to objects, and not to individuals, or to life.
~ Michel Foucault
So long as the system of competition in the production and exchange of the means of life goes on, the degradation of the arts will go on; and if that system is to last for ever, then art is doomed, and will surely die; that is to say, civilization will die.
~ William Morris
Life is like art. You have to work hard to keep it simple and still have meaning.
~ Charles De Lint
Every time you work, you have to do it all over again, to rid yourself of this dross. I suppose for a person who is not an artist or not attempting art, it is not dross, because it is the common exchange of everyday life.
~ Carl Andre
Art is parasitic on life, just as criticism is parasitic on art.
~ Harry S Truman
I think you learn a lot about a country from its art. To me, it's part of the drama of life. It teaches you that there are places, moments and incidents in other cultures that genuinely have a life of their own.
~ Michael Palin
Of what use were the arts if they were only the reproduction and the imitation of life?
~ Alfred De Vigny
An artist carries on throughout his life a mysterious, uninterrupted conversation with his public.
~ Maurice Chevalier
In human life, economics precedes politics or culture.
~ Park Geun-Hye
I am a sportsman and not a politician. I am a sportsman and will always remain one. I am not going to enter politics giving up cricket, which is my life. I will continue to play cricket.
~ Sachin Tendulkar
There are many ways of encouraging people to make life better other than joining a political party. Politics with a small 'p' isn't just about darkened committee rooms, endless meetings - it is about giving people the right to make decisions about our lives.
~ John Reid
I can tell you that too much money is corrupting American politics. Don't blame the American public. The U.S. Supreme Court has a lot to answer for, because it has made it impossible for Congress to reduce the corrupting influence of money on American political life.
~ Peter Singer
People are just trying to work their jobs, raise their families, discipline their kids, and have a good life... Politics has just become like bad weather. And they deserve clear skies.
~ Eddie Vedder
The stakes they play for in politics are paper and money. The chips they play with are your life.
~ Molly Ivins
I just feel like I'm a very lucky person to have a new life outside of politics.
~ Ann Richards
History and social sciences were my interests. I was always interested in knowing how societies get organized, why there is rich and poor divide, why there are classes. I was never apolitical. I think we are all political in a way. Politics decides our day-to-day life.
~ Pawan Kalyan
My wife told me if there is any rumors about me, it better be about politics and not about my social life.
~ Lou Holtz
It's interesting how people who were once fairly radical can become, later in life, kind of conservative, and not just in terms of politics - how, if you're an artist, you can start out being somewhat avant-garde and then end up doing landscapes.
~ Richard Prince
The advice I've been giving to people all my life - that you may not be interested in the dialectic but the dialectic is interested in you; you can't give up politics, it won't give you up - was the advice I should have been taking myself.
~ Christopher Hitchens
As I prepare for this next phase in my life, I ask that people continue to offer the prayers that have protected me thus far. I also pray that I will always see those who are not seen and easy to forget in the hustle and bustle of Washington politics.
~ Artur Davis
Would that the simple maxim, that honesty is the best policy, might be laid to heart; that a sense of the true aim of life might elevate the tone of politics and trade till public and private honor become identical.
~ Margaret Fuller
There is a time for everything, also for my time in politics which has been long and eventful. Now I believe it is time for others to take the baton that was passed to me following the crash. I have therefore decided to leave political life at the end of this term.
~ Johanna Siguroardottir
Democracy is a revelation, but it's complicated. There are elections to hold, politics to create, rights to assert, grievances to settle and institutions to build. To many, it's exhilarating. For others, it can be disappointing when it turns out that democracy doesn't immediately make life better.
~ Atifete Jahjaga
My mom always talks about how hard it was to grow up in a political family. It's always split up, and just - I want to have fun in life. No, politics isn't on the list.
~ Patrick Schwarzenegger
You can't talk about life without talking about politics. You have to have both. If you're just a political person, you're going to burn out. If you, as an artist, are just focused inward, you're going to eventually be irrelevant.
~ Robert Adams
