In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to another.

Fame is the echo of actions, resounding them to the world, save that the echo repeats only the last art, but fame relates all, and often more than all.

Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven.

Good management is the art of making problems so interesting and their solutions so constructive that everyone wants to get to work and deal with them.

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.

I can look at a fine art photograph and sometimes I can hear music.

The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.

The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.

Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad.

It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.

No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.

The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish that he might have done you a greater one.