“Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them.”
Paul Valéry (1871–1945) French poet, essayist, and philosopher
Tel Quel (1943)
“This art, which I call the art of persuading, and which, properly speaking, is simply the process of perfect methodical proofs, consists of three essential parts”
The Art of Persuasion
Context: This art, which I call the art of persuading, and which, properly speaking, is simply the process of perfect methodical proofs, consists of three essential parts: of defining the terms of which we should avail ourselves by clear definitions, of proposing principles of evident axioms to prove the thing in question; and of always mentally substituting in the demonstrations the definition in the place of the thing defined.
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George Sand (1804–1876) French novelist and memoirist; pseudonym of Lucile Aurore Dupin
L'art est une démonstration dont la nature est la preuve.
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Henry Fielding book Amelia
Book I, Ch. 1
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Kazimir Malevich (1879–1935) Russian and Soviet artist of polish descent
Quote of Malevich, 1927 in: Artists on Art; from the 14th – 20th centuries, ed. by Robert Goldwater and Marco Treves; Pantheon Books, 1972, London, pp. 451
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George Holmes Howison (1834–1916) American philosopher
Source: The Limits of Evolution, and Other Essays, Illustrating the Metaphysical Theory of Personal Ideaalism (1905), The Art-Principle as Represented in Poetry, p.182
Lin Yutang book The Importance of Living
Source: As quoted in Pearls of Wisdom: A Harvest of Quotations From All Ages (1987) by Jerome Agel and Walter D. Glanze, p. 46. From The Importance of Living: "besides the noble art of getting things done, there is a nobler art of leaving things undone" (p. 162), "the wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials" (p. 10).
Kate Bush (1958) British recording artist; singer, songwriter, musician and record producer
As quoted in "In conversation with Kate Bush" by Elio Iannacci in MacLeans (28 November 2016)
Context: The great thing about art on any level is that it can speak to all people if it’s achieved properly. When I’ve heard a piece of music or seen a painting that moves me, it gives me something. That’s such an incredibly special experience. I have intentions as a writer, but people — when they’re listening to a track — will take from it what they interpret. Sometimes people mishear my lyrics and think a song’s about something it isn’t. That doesn’t matter. If it speaks to them and they get something positive from it, it’s great.
Alfred Horsley Hinton (1863–1908) British photographer
Source: Practical Pictorial Photography, 1898, Printing the picture and controlling its formation, p. 90