“Art is not an end but a beginning.”
Ai Weiwei (1957) Chinese concept artist
2000-09, Ai Weiwei: A Rebel of Poet Roots, 2008
“Great is the art of beginning, but greater the art is of ending”
Elegiac Verse, st. 14 (1879).
Context: Great is the art of beginning, but greater the art is of ending;
Many a poem is marred by a superfluous verse.
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Will Durant book The Story of Philosophy
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“Individuality of expression is the beginning and end of all art.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) German writer, artist, and politician
Maxim 739, trans. Stopp
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H. Havelock Ellis (1859–1939) British physician, writer, and social reformer
Source: The Dance of Life http://www.gutenberg.net.au/ebooks03/0300671.txt (1923), Ch. 2
“The art of representing the human figure in the ancient world begins and ends with ‘frontality’.”
Arnold Hauser (1892–1978) Hungarian art historian
The Social History of Art, Volume I. From Prehistoric Times to the Middle Ages, 1999, Chapter III. Greece and Rome
“Only a distinctive individual can produce great art. Great art is synonymous with anonymous art.”
Fritz Wotruba (1907–1975) Austrian sculptor (23 April 1907, Vienna – 28 August 1975, Vienna)
Source: The Human Form: Sculpture, Prints, and Drawings, 1977, p. 73.
“Great art is the contempt of a great man for small art.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940) American novelist and screenwriter
Notebook L (1945) edited by Edmund Wilson
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Qi Jiguang book Ji Xiao Xin Shu
Source: Jixiao Xinshu (1560; 1584), Chapter 14: The Chapter on the Fist Canon and the Essentials of Nimbleness
“The Art of Peace begins with you.”
Morihei Ueshiba (1883–1969) founder of aikido
As quoted in Inspire! What Great Leaders Do (2004) by Lance Secretan, p. 45
Context: The Art of Peace begins with you. Work on yourself and your appointed task in the Art of Peace. Everyone has a spirit that can be refined, a body that can be trained in some manner, a suitable path to follow. You are here to realize your inner divinity and manifest your innate enlightenment. Foster peace in your own life and then apply the Art to all than you encounter.