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diplomacy, n.: The patriotic art of lying for one's country. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#art

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

— Robert A. Heinlein

#arts #diy #funding #government #grant

Sadness is the ambrosia of all art. ↗

— Frances Fong

#disgust #inertia #isolation #poetry #sadness

When the artist is alive in any person, whatever his kind of work may be, he becomes an inventive, searching, daring, self-expressive creature. He becomes interesting to other people. He disturbs, upsets, enlightens, and opens ways for better understanding. Where those who are not artists are trying to close the book, he opens it and shows there are still more pages possible. ↗

— Robert Henri

#artist #daring #disturb #enlighten #interesting

Much Madness is Divinest Sense, to a Discerning Eye.... ↗

— Emily Dickinson

#poetry #art

Interviewer: “Andy do you feel that the public has insulted your art?” Andy Warhol: “Uh no.” I: “Why not?” AW: “Uh well I hadn’t thought about it.” I: “It doesn’t bother you at all then?” AW: “Uh no.” I: “Well do you think that they have shown a lack of appreciation for what pop art means?” AW: “Uh no.” I: “Andy do you think that pop art has sort of reached the point where it’s becoming repetitious now?” AW: “Uh yes.” I: “Do you think it should break away from being pop art?” AW: “Uh no.” I: “Are you just going to carry on?” AW: “Uh yes. ↗

— Andy Warhol

#repetitive #art

He already knew he could coach. All you had to do was look at each of your players and ask yourself: What story does this guy wish someone would tell him about himself? And then you told the guy that story. ↗

— Chad Harbach

#sports #art

Character is better than ancestry, and personal conduct is of more importance than the highest. ↗

— Thomas John Barnardo

#better #character #conduct #highest #importance

From the union of power and money, from the union of power and secrecy, from the union of government and science, from the union of government and art, from the union of science and money, from the union of ambition and ignorance, from the union of genius and war, from the union of outer space and inner vacuity, the Mad Farmer walks quietly away. ↗

— Wendell Berry

#poetry #union #art

Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts. ↗

— Madame de Stael

#art #choosing #politeness #thoughts #your