#tru

...poetry is paying attention to life when all the world seems asleep to its beauties and truths... ↗

— John Geddes

#poetry #reflection #sleep #truth-of-life #truths

There is no God, but I hope someone watches over you. New lovers are nervous and tender, but smash everything. For the heart is an organ of fire. Every night I cut out my heart. But in the morning it was full again. ↗

— Ralph Fiennes

#beauty

Natürlich muss die Wahrheit im Kampf mit der Unwahrheit geschrieben werden und sie darf nicht etwas Allgemeines, Hohes, Vieldeutiges sein. Von dieser allgemeinen, hohen, vieldeutigen Art ist ja gerade die Unwahrheit. Wenn von einem gesagt wird, er hat die Wahrheit gesagt, so haben zunächst einige oder viele oder einer etwas anderes gesagt, eine Lüge oder etwas Allgemeines, aber er hat die Wahrheit gesagt, etwas Praktisches, Tatsächliches, Unleugbares, das, um was es sich handelte. ↗

— Bertolt Brecht

#truth #art

Advertising is the art of making whole lies out of half-truths ↗

— Edgar A. Shoaff

#art

Art does not exist only to entertain -- but also to challenge one to think, to provoke, even to disturb, in a constant search for the truth. ↗

— Barbara Streisand

#truth #art

...the best way to know the Truth or Beauty is to try to express it. And what is the purpose of existence Here or Yonder but to discover truth and beauty and express it, i.e., share it with others? ↗

— Brenda Ueland

#truth #writing #art

The big secret about Art is that no one wants it to be true. ↗

— Adam Phillips

#art #philosophy #secrets #truth #art

I give a damn if any fan recalls my legacy, I'm trying to live life in the sight of GOD's memory. ↗

— Mos Def

#faith #god #happiness #hope #inspirational

This highest kind of truth is never something the artist takes as given. It's not his point of departure but his goal. Though the artist has beliefs, like other people, he realizes that a salient characteristic of art is its radical openness to persuasion. Even those beliefs he's surest of, the artist puts under pressure to see if they will stand. ↗

— John Gardner

#truth #art

Do not discuss the religious matters with people; do not waste your valuable time to discuss the untruth! Your time is short; spend it for the science and the art! ↗

— Mehmet Murat ildan

#art