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Works Of Art Quotes (page 8)

Ezra Pound quote: "The artist is always beginning. Any work of art which is not a..."
The artist is always beginning. Any work of art which is not a beginning, an invention, a discovery is of little worth. Ezra Pound
Everybody has that feeling when they look at a work of art and it's right, that sudden familiarity, a sort of...recognition, as though they were creating it themselves, as though it were being created through them while they look at it or listen to it... William Gaddis
Life is a gift that must be given back and joy should arise from its possesion. It's too damn short and that's a fact. Hard to accept this earthly procession to final darkness is a journey done, circle completed, work of art sublime, a sweet melodic rhyme. A battle won. The Book of Counted Sorrows. Dean Koontz
The first demand any work of art makes upon us is to surrender. Look. Listen. Receive. Get yourself out of the way. -An Experiment in Criticism C. S. Lewis
I think every work of art is an act of faith, or we wouldn't bother to do it. It is a message in a bottle, a shout in the dark. It's saying, 'I'm here and I believe that you are somewhere and that you will answer if necessary across time, not necessarily in my lifetime. Jeanette Winterson
Edmund Wilson quote: "an acquaintance with the great works of art and thought is the..."
...an acquaintance with the great works of art and thought is the only real insurance against the barbarism of the time. Edmund Wilson
If I could prescribe a single rule for looking at a work of art it would be to enjoy it. If we're honest with ourselves, we have to admit we enjoy our tears just as much as we enjoy our laughter. The only moments of life that are a bore are when we don't care one way or another. Vincent Price
The commentator may be excused for repeating what he has stressed in his own books and lectures, namely that "offensive" is frequently but a synonym for "unusual;" and a great work of art is of course always original, and thus by its very nature should come more or less as a shocking surprise. Vladimir Nabokov
David Gerrold quote: "A work of art is an act of love. Critics are crab lice."
A work of art is an act of love. Critics are crab lice. David Gerrold
Robert Louis Stevenson quote: "But of works of art little can be said."
But of works of art little can be said. Robert Louis Stevenson
The contemplation of beauty, whether it be a uniquely tinted sunset, a radiant face, or a work of art, makes us glance back unwittingly at our personal past and juxtapose ourselves and our inner being with the utterly unattainable beauty revealed to us. Vladimir Nabokov
Eleanor Roosevelt quote: "Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful..."
Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art. Eleanor Roosevelt
Eugene Ionesco quote: "A work of art really is above all an adventure of the mind."
A work of art really is above all an adventure of the mind. Eugene Ionesco
Why shouldn't we, so generally addicted to the gigantic, at last have some small works of art, some short poems, short pieces of music [...], some intimate, low-voiced, and delicate things in our mostly huge and roaring, glaring world? Elizabeth Bishop
James Joyce quote: "The supreme question about a work of art is out of how deep a..."
The supreme question about a work of art is out of how deep a life does it spring. James Joyce

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