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James McNeill Whistler: Listen! There never...

James McNeill Whistler: Listen! There never...

Listen! There never was an artistic period. There never was an Art-loving nation.

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William Morris: So I say,...

William Morris: So I say,...

So I say, if you cannot learn to love real art; at least learn to hate sham art and reject...

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Coco Chanel: Innovation! One...

Coco Chanel: Innovation! One...

Innovation! One cannot be forever innovating. I want to create classics.

Source:...

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Gustave Courbet: Beauty, like truth,...

Gustave Courbet: Beauty, like truth,...

Beauty, like truth, is relative to the time when one lives and to the individual who can grasp it. The expression of...

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Gustave Courbet: Painting is the...

Gustave Courbet: Painting is the...

Painting is the representation of visible forms. . . The essence of realism is its negation of the...

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Philip Johnson: I hate vacations....

Philip Johnson: I hate vacations....

I hate vacations. If you can build buildings, why sit on the beach?

Source: In...

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Nicolas Copernicus: If there be...

Nicolas Copernicus: If there be...

If there be some who, though ignorant of all mathematics . . . dare to reprove this work, because of some passage of...

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Tycho Brahe: With a firm...

Tycho Brahe: With a firm...

With a firm and steadfast mind one should hold under all conditions, that everywhere the earth is below and the sky...

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John Burroughs: I still find...

John Burroughs: I still find...

I still find each day too short for the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want...

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John Burroughs: Literature is an...

John Burroughs: Literature is an...

Literature is an investment in genius which pays back dividends to all subsequent times.

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Lewis Thomas: The great secret...

Lewis Thomas: The great secret...

The great secret of doctors, known only to their wives, but still hidden from the public, is that most things get...

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Orlando A Battista: The greatest weakness...

Orlando A Battista: The greatest weakness...

The greatest weakness of most humans is their hesitancy to tell others how much they love them while they're still...

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George Washington Carver: The beating on...

George Washington Carver: The beating on...

The beating on the tail of the snake may stop his progress a little, but the more vital parts must be struck before...

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Charles Steinmetz: I am a...

Charles Steinmetz: I am a...

I am a firm believer in socialism and I know that the quicker you have monopoly in this country the quicker you will...

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Martin H Fischer: In diagnosis think...

Martin H Fischer: In diagnosis think...

In diagnosis think of the easy first.

Source: Fischerisms, by Howard Fabing and Ray...

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Stanislaw Lec: Most of the...

Stanislaw Lec: Most of the...

Most of the sighs we hear have been edited.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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J B Priestley: Depending upon shock...

J B Priestley: Depending upon shock...

Depending upon shock tactics is easy, whereas writing a good play is difficult. Pubic hair is no substitute for...

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Euripides: The lucky person...

Euripides: The lucky person...

The lucky person passes for a genius.

Source: Herakleidai.
-- Euripides, (Sep 23...

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Aristotle Onassis: After a certain...

Aristotle Onassis: After a certain...

After a certain point, money is meaningless. It ceases to be the goal. The game is what...

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Salman Rushdie: Doubt, it seems...

Salman Rushdie: Doubt, it seems...

Doubt, it seems to me, is the central condition of a human being in the twentieth century.

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