#aria

A work of art is good if it has arisen out of necessity. That is the only way one can judge it. ↗

— Rainer Maria Rilke

#art

Support for the arts -- merde! A government-supported artist is an incompetent whore! ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#arts #diy #funding #government #grant

The real challenge for a vegan is getting vitamin B and omega-3s, but you can get those in a vegetarian supplement. ↗

— Emily Deschanel

#get #getting #real #real challenge #supplement

Innate in nearly every artistic nature is a wanton, treacherous penchant for accepting injustice when it creates beauty and showing sympathy for and paying homage to aristocratic privilege. ↗

— Thomas Mann

#beauty #bias #bourgeois #capitalism #creativity

Yet complicated people were getting wet - not only the shepherds. For instance, the piano-tuner was sopping. So was the vicar's wife. So were the lieutenant and the peevish damsels in his Battlesden car. Gallantry, charity, and art pursued their various missions, perspiring and muddy, while out on the slopes beyond them stood the eternal man and the eternal dog, guarding eternal sheep until the world is vegetarian. ↗

— E.M. Forster

#wet #art

Whether we change our lives or do nothing, we have responded. To do nothing is to do something. ↗

— Jonathan Safran Foer

#vegetarian #vegetarianism #change

S’il s’agissait d’un autre type de relation ou de contrat, on comprendrait immédiatement que l’institution elle-même est en défaut lorsque le pourcentage d’échecs approcherait des 50%. Mais dans le cas du mariage, les gens s’efforcent d’accepter ce résultat comme inévitable sinon comme normal. L’illusion persiste. ↗

— Serge Chaumier

#art

Madame Kovarian: The anger of a good man is not a problem. Good men have too many rules. The Doctor: Good men don't need rules. Today is not the day to find out why I have so many. ↗

— Steven Moffat

#eleventh-doctor #good #kovarian #matt-smith #rules

She knew how to put one foot in front of the other even when every step hurt. And she knew there was pain in the journey, but there was also great beauty. She'd seen it standing on rooftops and in green eyes and in the smallest, ugliest rock. ↗

— Veronica Rossi

#determination #beauty

I'm just the librarian. I can only give you the books. I can't give you the answers." - Aunt Marian in "Beautiful Creatures ↗

— Kami Garcia

#character-quote #librarian #novel #beauty