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Quotations by Subject: Art (81 quotes)

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Beauty? Let me tell you something - being thought of as 'a beautiful woman' has spared me nothing in life. No heartache, no trouble. Love has been difficult. Beauty is essentially meaningless and it is always transitory.: Halle Berry
Jean Paul Sartre says in "No Exit" that hell is other people. Well, our task in life is to make it heaven. Or at least earth.: Alan Alda (1936 - ), GQ, Summer, 1980
Over one's mind and over one's body the individual is sovereign.: John Stuart Mill (1806 - 1873), On Liberty
Next to selfishness the principal cause which makes life unsatisfactory is want of mental cultivation.: John Stuart Mill (1806 - 1873), Defence of Hedonism
The men who had hated [the book], and had not particularly loved Helvétius, flocked round him now. Voltaire forgave him all injuries, intentional or unintentional. 'What a fuss about an omelette!' he had exclaimed when he heard of the burning. How abominably unjust to persecute a man for such an airy trifle as that! 'I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it,' was his attitude now.: S. G. Tallentyre, referring to Voltaire. Often attributed to Voltaire.
The chief weapon of sea pirates, however, was their capacity to astonish. Nobody else could believe, until it was too late, how heartless and greedy they were.: Kurt Vonnegut (1922 - 2007), Breakfast of Champions
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An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.: Charles Bukowski (1920 - 1994)
The church was not merely a thermometer that recorded the ideas and principles of popular opinion; it was a thermostat that transformed the mores of society.: Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968), Letter from Birmingham Jail, April 1963
He loved humankind dearly and with all his heart, but he disliked most human beings.: David Guterson, Snow Falling on Cedars
All in all, I am not surprised that the people who want to unravel the social contract start with young adults. Those who are urged to feel afraid, very afraid, have both the greatest sense of independence and the most finely honed skepticism about government.: Ellen Goodman (1941 - )

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