Famous Visual Arts Quotes & Sayings

I swam. We made it, our team, from the rocks of Cuba to the beach of Florida, in squeaky-clean, ethical fashion. — Diana Nyad

You're like rottweilers - they protect you from burglars, but nothing protects you from them. — Dia Reeves

I can't stand Mark Gottler," I said.
"Really? I couldn't tell."
"While he was talking, I was overwhelmed by the realization that here is this hypocritical asshole who took advantage of my sister, and I'd like to ... well, I don't know, shoot him or something ... but instead there we were, negotiating."
"I know. But he's stepping up to the plate. Let's give him points for that."
"He's only doing it because we're forcing him to." I frowned. "You're not on his side, are you?"
"Ella, I just spent the last hour and fifteen minutes with my boot up his ass. No, I'm not on his side."
-Ella & Jack — Lisa Kleypas

Like the librarians of Babel in Borges's story, who are looking for the book that will provide them with the key to all the others, we oscillate between the illusion of perfection and the vertigo of the unattainable. In the name of completeness, we would like to believe that a unique order exists that would enable us to accede in knowledge all in one go; in the name of the unattainable, we would like to think that order and disorder are in fact the same word, denoting pure chance.
It's possible also that both are decoys, illusions intended to disguise the erosion of both books and systems. It is no bad thing in any case that between the two our bookshelves should serve from time to time as joggers of the memory, as cat-rests and as lumber-rooms. — Georges Perec

Teaching is a sacred profession. And art is a form of teaching. — Stephen Sondheim

A busy schedule can be difficult, but I have the best husband on the planet. He supports my endeavors, and we work as a team. — Jane Leeves

Testing is usually the most mis-scheduled part of programming. — Frederick P. Brooks Jr.

Advice is like mushrooms. The wrong kind can prove fatal. — Charles E. McKenzie

Mmm, I love Yoda. I didn't like Jar Jar Binks though, he was all wrong. — Gail Porter

Give a Scotsman a way to beat the tax man and you've made a friend for life. — Maria Hudgins

She's probably good at compartmentalizing her feelings. Or maybe she just doesn't have a soul. — J. Cornell Michel

Turned away from the sooty sill and the dark city-
turned away forever
from the factories, the personal strivings,
to a life of the imagination. — Mary Oliver

It's not over if you're still here," Chronicler said. "It's not a tragedy if you're still alive. — Patrick Rothfuss

Many instances exist of small children who seem to remember and describe their previous life in another body, another place, and with other people. These memories emerge usually shortly after these children begin to talk. — Stanislav Grof