#himself

Art is a private thing, the artist makes it for himself; a comprehensible work is the product of a journalist. We need works that are strong, straight, precise, and forever beyond understanding. ↗

— Kenneth Tynan

#artist #beyond #comprehensible #forever #himself

The opportunity to secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#defeat #defeating #enemy #hands #himself

Art owes its origin to Nature herself... this beautiful creation, the world, supplied the first model, while the original teacher was that divine intelligence which has not only made us superior to the other animals, but like God Himself, if I may venture to say it. ↗

— Giorgio Vasari

#beautiful #creation #divine #first #god

When I'm writing the book I'm laughing at just how overblown the characters seemed. How full of himself he seems. But I didn't get far enough in the series to really drive the joke of it home. ↗

— Jhonen Vasquez

#characters #drive #enough #far #full

There is a species of person called a 'Modern Churchman' who draws the full salary of a beneficed clergyman and need not commit himself to any religious belief. ↗

— Evelyn Waugh

#belief #called #clergyman #commit #draws

More than in any other performing arts the lack of respect for acting seems to spring from the fact that every layman considers himself a valid critic. ↗

— Simone Weil

#any #arts #considers #critic #every

The fixed stars signify the angel in man. That is why man orients himself by them; and that is why women have no appreciation for the starry sky; because they have no sense of the angel in man. ↗

— Otto Weininger

#appreciation #because #fixed #himself #man

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#him #himself #his #least #man

Howard Hughes himself was a regular at the restaurant, and in a way it became his headquarters, too. Howard had recently relocated to Las Vegas, so when he wanted to do business in Los Angeles, he went into the back of our restaurant to use the telephone. ↗

— Esther Williams

#back #became #business #had #headquarters

I know a man who gave up smoking, drinking, sex, and rich food. He was healthy right up to the day he killed himself. ↗

— Johnny Carson

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