All Quotes By Tag: Art

“We…believe that art is religious, because it is one of man’s highest aspirations. There is no such thing as pagan art, only good and bad art.”

“In the future, as in the present, as in the past, black people will build many new worlds.This is true. I will make it so. And you will help me.”

“Is being burnt a requisite for the making of art? Personally, I don’t think it is. But art is poultice for a burn. It is a privilege to have, somewhere within you, a capacity for making something speak from your own seared experience.”

“Inside CriticsThe critical voices in our own heads are far more vicious than what we might hear from the outside. Our “inside critics” have intimate knowledge of us and can zero in on our weakest spots. You might be told by the critics that you’re too fat, too old, too young, not intelligent enough, a quitter, not logical, prone to try too many things…It’s all balderdash!Some elements of these may be true, and it’s completely up to you how they affect you. Inside critics are really just trying to protect you. You can:Learn to dialogue with them.Give them new jobs.Turn them into allies.You can also dismantle/exterminate them.”

“everyone from all nations, from all generations, will be made to stand as equal in the Presence of God. God will then call each one of us to meet with us individually. There would be no translator, no interpretators – it would be just you, your Creator and your deeds!{ And fear the Day when ye shall be brought back to God. Then shall every soul be paid what it earned, and none shall be dealt with unjustly }{ The Quran 2:281 }{ On that Day you will be brought to judgement and none of your secrets will remain hidden }{ The Quran 69:18 }”

“What is lovely never dies, but passes into other loveliness, Star-dust, or sea-foam, flower or winged air.”

“In the Name of God, the Lord of Grace, the Ever Merciful.﴾ Say: He is God, the One and only God (1)the Eternal, the Absolute. (2)He begets none, nor is He begotten, (3)and there is nothing that could be compared to Him. (4) ﴿[ The Quran 112 ]these 4 Verses equals one-third of the Quran according to Prophet Muhammad ,Peace Be Upon Him.”

“Works of art are of an infinite solitude, and no means of approach is so useless as criticism. Only love can touch and hold them and be fair to them.”

“The right art,” cried the Master, “is purposeless, aimless! The more obstinately you try to learn how to shoot the arrow for the sake of hitting the goal, the less you will succeed in the one and the further the other will recede. What stands in your way is that you have a much too willful will. You think that what you do not do yourself does not happen.”

“Copies have been dethroned; the economic model built on them is collapsing. In a regime of superabundant free copies, copies are no longer the basis of wealth. Now relationships, links, connections, and sharing are. Value has shifted away from a copy toward the many ways to recall, annotate, personalize, edit, authenticate, display, mark, transfer, and engage a work. Art is a conversation, not a patent office. The citation of sources belongs to the realms of journalism and scholarship, not art. Reality can’t be copyrighted.”

“Identifying Your DreamSome people can easily identify one primary dream. For others, a dream is more elusive. These people often have many dreams at once, or a general idea of a dream that never takes a specific shape.”

“That’s how it is with art. Mere humans who root through their refrigerators at three o’clock in the morning are incapable of such writing.”

“Initially, I feel expansive when I try something new, and then contract as soon as I encounter difficulty or the unknown. I am learning to experiment with my tolerance of difficulty and the not knowing, in order to go further with my creative dreams.Whenever I experience contraction, I explore it by asking, “Where did I stop and why?” Building a creative dream life is not just about achieving, succeeding, or “meeting goals.” It is also about floundering, stumbling, tripping and failing. ”

“Building your “dream life” is filled with things that can feel like the opposite of a dream:MistakesDelaysStarting overFailureThe building part is actually more of a rebuilding that is a continual process. The building is not linear in nature but far more interesting. You might start a creative dream, take the “next step”, and find yourself completely bored, dissatisfied, or just not inspired. ”

“Everything you invent is true: you can be sure of that. Poetry is a subject as precise as geometry.”