— Evelyn Waugh British writer 1903 - 1966
Simone Weil, The Pre-War Notebook (1933-1939), published in First and Last Notebooks (1970) edited by Richard Rees
— Simone Weil French philosopher, Christian mystic, and social activist 1909 - 1943
The Pre-War Notebook (1933-1939), published in First and Last Notebooks (1970) edited by Richard Rees
— Joyce Carol Oates, The Journal of Joyce Carol Oates: 1973-1982
— Käthe Kollwitz German artist 1867 - 1945
Letters of Friendship and Acquaintance [Briefe der Freundschaft und Begegnungen] (1966), edited by Hans Kollwitz, p. 95; cited in Käthe Kollwitz: Woman and Artist (1976) by Martha Kearns, p. 172.
— Fernando Pessoa Portuguese poet, writer, literary critic, translator, publisher and philosopher 1888 - 1935
Original: A arte consiste em fazer os outros sentir o que nós sentimos.
Ibid., p. 231
— Bertrand Russell logician, one of the first analytic philosophers and political activist 1872 - 1970
— George Bernard Shaw Irish playwright 1856 - 1950
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— David Dinkins former mayor of New York City 1927
On New York as the capital of the world. Quoted in an interview by PBS http://www.pbs.org/wnet/newyork/series/interview/dinkins.html
— Raj Patel British academic 1972
About democracy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dV7N-QGV_w
— C.G. Jung Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist who founded analytical psychology 1875 - 1961
— Robert Fulghum American writer 1937
Context: I don't do art to address other people but to address myself. I've never done art with a thought of being a professional artist who makes a living by selling his art. I've never had a commercial show in a gallery. I suppose I'm like those who write poetry or songs without seeking publication. I make art in and for the experience itself — to satisfy a need to express myself in a creative, colorful, non-verbal way.
Introduction to the Art gallery at his website (2006) http://robertfulghum.com/index.php/fulghumweb/artshowentry/introduction2/
— Robert Henri American painter 1865 - 1929
— Claude Debussy French composer 1862 - 1918
As quoted in Companion to Contemporary Musical Thought (1992) by John Paynter, p. 590
Unsourced variant: Works of art make rules; rules do not make works of art.
