Mimesis Art Quotes & Sayings

I can't let time move on without fighting tooth and nail and hopefully being a part of a revolution that is positive. — Ian Somerhalder

the unknown breeds dragons in map margins — Lois McMaster Bujold

Art that samples other art, quotes that quote other quotes--your writer knows this phenomenon, in jargon 'he's aware', he was raised in a culture of (not more ironic jargon, select only the most appropriate gustatory analogy): regurgitation, a culture of glutting to vomit and glutting again on the vomit until reemesis--chunky cheese mimesis--then licking that puddle again. — Joshua Cohen

If facts conflict with a theory, either the theory must be changed or the facts. — Baruch Spinoza

The oldest theory of art belongs to the Greeks, who regarded art as an imitation (mimesis) of reality. The strength of that theory is that it explains the way in which art takes its materials from real life. — Leland Ryken

Trust was accumulated quickly, due primarily to the brute strength of the man's gentleness, his thereness. (p.36) — Markus Zusak

No matter where you are. Violet, you're under my skin. You're in my bones. You're in the sun, the moon, the light in my dark. Your heart beats in the air I breathe and I don't know how I survived this long in the world without it. — Karina Halle

Life is very strange. — Louise Fitzhugh

These were the moments I wished I were dead, when I was too weak to do anything about it. It was nature's cruel irony, stringing me along. — Pepper Winters

The one thing I never get involved with is selecting art or pictures for a client. This is a very personal thing. If the clients have pictures, I will hang them. When they do not own pictures I leave the walls blank. — Albert Hadley

Be fearless in pursuit of your goal. — Harsh Malik

Human emotion is not a linear experience. That which provokes emotion in one may provoke little, if anything, in another. — A. Zavarelli

It is not true to say that God wants to teach us something in our trials. Through every cloud He brings our way, He wants us to unlearn something. — Oswald Chambers

Parents who spoil their children out of 'love' should realize that they are performing acts of child abuse. Although there are no laws against such abuse
no man-made laws anyway
this spiritual mistreatment may result in as much long-term personal and social damage as the worst physical abuse. — Randy Alcorn

When I first met him, he was everything I wanted to be, but over time, he showed me how I wanted to be myself, and that was how I fell in love with him. — Shannon A. Thompson

Literature matters because it is how humanity, with all its losses and joys, can become a work of art. — Lisa C. Taylor