When I am finishing a picture, I hold some God-made object up to it - a rock, a flower, the branch of a tree or my hand - as a final test. If the painting stands up beside a thing man cannot make, the painting is authentic. If there's a clash between the two, it's bad art.
Marc Chagall
Let me die the moment my love dies. Let me not outlive my own capacity to love. Let me die still loving, and so, never die.
Mary Zimmerman
Yes, reason has been a part of organized religion, ever since two nudists took dietary advice from a talking snake.
Jon Stewart
Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile.
Mother Teresa
I think art is the only thing that's spiritual in the world. And I refuse to forced to believe in other people's interpretations of God. I don't think anybody should be. No one person can own the copyright to what God means.
Marilyn Manson
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.
Sun Tzu
Your life has to consist of more than 'Black people should unite.' You hope they do, but not twenty-four hours a day.
Gil Scott-Heron
Do what you love; you'll be better at it. It sounds pretty simple, but you'd be surprised how many people don't get this one right away.
LL Cool J
Your outlook upon life, your estimate of yourself, your estimate of your value are largely colored by your environment. Your whole career will be modified, shaped, molded by your surroundings, by the character of the people with whom you come in contact every day.
Orison Swett Marden
We should measure welfare's success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many are added.
Ronald Reagan
Be clearly aware of the stars and infinity on high. Then life seems almost enchanted after all.
Vincent van Gogh
This is the miracle that happens every time to those who really love: the more they give, the more they possess.
Rainer Maria Rilke