What I like about baroque is the reemergence of pre-Christian religion. The art of baroque mixes ancient pre-Christian myths with Christian imagery a….

The art of music, rather more daughter than imitator of nature, in her impressive and mysterious language minding and educating us, rouses directly o….

In film, a dancer should always be shot from head to toe, because that way you can see the whole body and that is the art of dancing. Nowadays they s….

Only utopian liberals could be surprised that the Nazis were art connoisseurs..

Ah, but is it not the mind that is the real grace of Homo sapiens? All the things to think about! All the things to read and appreciate! All the arts….

I think musicals are a lowbrow, populist art form. And I don't mean lowbrow in a condescending way at all - they are designed to create delight, wond….

In my view, madness is a place. You go. You come back. And I think we all take turns being the mental patient. Without a touch of crazy, literature c….

Bea says that the art of reading is slowly dying, that it's an intimate ritual, that a book is a mirror that offers us only what we already carry ins….

One is not really a photographer until preoccupation with learning has been outgrown and the camera in his hands is an extension of himself. This is ….

In our fast-forward culture, we have lost the art of eating well. Food is often little more than fuel to pour down the hatch while doing other stuff ….

I mean, art for art's sake is ridiculous. Art is for the sake of one's needs..

In Old Europe and Ancient Crete, women were respected for their roles in the discovery of agriculture and for inventing the arts of weaving and potte….

My father was a naturalist and a very spiritual person, who had a great desire to pass on his knowledge to others, so that they could receive the ben….

Life is sacred. Life is art. Life is sacred art. The art of sacred living means being a holy actor, acting from the soul rather than the ego. The sou….

It was odd to have something so personal out there in that way, but the good thing about art is that no one necessarily knows what you mean by it any….

L’architecture est art de suggestion..

The brain has an attentional mode called the "mind wandering mode" that was only recently identified. This is when thoughts move seamlessly from one ….

All the genres of philosophy, science, high art, athletics and politics were invented by men. But by the Promethean law of conflict and capture, woma….

I start a picture and I finish it. I don't think about art while I work. I try to think about life..

I don't think about art when I'm working. I think about life..

I start a picture and I finish it..