#ow

Sorrow fades," he muttered as he retrieved the last fragment, "grief dies, but Art lives forever. ↗

— Kenyon Gambier

#grief #sorrow #art

I've suffered from all of the hang-ups known, and none is as bad as the telephone. ↗

— Richard Armour

#hang-ups #i #known #none #suffered

One thing that makes aikido is so powerful, it utilizes power of opponents to win the fight. ↗

— Toba Beta

#art-of-peace #fight #opponent #powerful #utilize

Knowledge is great. Competence is great. But the combination of both encourages people to trust you and increases your powers of enchantment. And in this world, the combination is a breath of fresh air. ↗

— Guy Kawasaki

#art

Time after time have nations, ay, and rich and strong nations, learned in the arts, been, and passed away to be forgotten, so that no memory of them remains. This is but one of several; for Time eats up the works of man. ↗

— H. Rider Haggard

#fallen-nations #futility #inevitability #knowledge #learning

I suppose I was artistic as a child. Our house was so full of art and artists that it never occurred to me not to be constantly making things. I just assumed that all kids liked to work with their hands as much as I did. I was an only child so I did have a lot of time to be creative by myself and with my parents. ↗

— Wendy Froud

#artistic #doll-making #growing-up #making-things #art

In my many years of working with people, I have never seen things change by chance, you have to work it out yourself.... life really sucks but YOU have what it takes to change it. ↗

— Nkem Mpamah

#personal-development #personal-growth #personal-performance #self-help #self-help-books

There is no Art made without power, and there is no reason for Art to be made except for power. ↗

— Gary D. Schmidt

#power #art

The enmity of such a party towards Socialism does not mean that the members are only prejudiced against it because they do not know it; it means that they are possessed of bourgeois ideas, and wish to determine their policy accordingly. ↗

— Karl Radek

#against #because #bourgeois #determine #does

For it is now to us itself ancient; and yet its maker was telling of things already old and weighted with regret, and he expended his art in making keen that touch upon the heart which sorrows have that are both poignant and remote. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#beowulf #loss #poignant #regret #sorrow