“It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.”
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“Politics is the art of controlling your environment.”
“The art of government is to make two-thirds of a nation pay all it possibly can pay for the benefit of the other third.”
“I started to make a study of the art of war and revolution and, whilst abroad, underwent a course in military training. If there was to be guerrilla warfare, I wanted to be able to stand and fight with my people and to share the hazards of war with them.”
“The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.”
“Bullfighting is the only art in which the artist is in danger of death and in which the degree of brilliance in the performance is left to the fighter's honor.”
“In the practical art of war, the best thing of all is to take the enemy's country whole and intact to shatter and destroy it is not so good.”
“He who possesses art and science has religion; he who does not possess them, needs religion.”
“Music is the art of the prophets and the gift of God.”
“Art is a lie that makes us realize truth.”
“The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art.”
“It is after all the greatest art to limit and isolate oneself.”
“Art is always and everywhere the secret confession, and at the same time the immortal movement of its time.”
“Art is not a treasure in the past or an importation from another land, but part of the present life of all living and creating peoples.”
“All married couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of making love. Good battle is objective and honest - never vicious or cruel. Good battle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principles of equal partnership.”
“Dear God! how beauty varies in nature and art. In a woman the flesh must be like marble in a statue the marble must be like flesh.”
“He who would do good to another must do it in Minute Particulars: general Good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocrite, and flatterer, for Art and Science cannot exist but in minutely organized Particulars.”
“Perhaps it's good for one to suffer. Can an artist do anything if he's happy? Would he ever want to do anything? What is art, after all, but a protest against the horrible inclemency of life?”
“The finest works of art are precious, among other reasons, because they make it possible for us to know, if only imperfectly and for a little while, what it actually feels like to think subtly and feel nobly.”
“Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding.”
“Freedom in art, freedom in society, this is the double goal towards which all consistent and logical minds must strive.”
“Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.”
“The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science.”
“Ethics is in origin the art of recommending to others the sacrifices required for cooperation with oneself.”