All moral laws are merely statements that certain kinds of actions will have good effects.

Quote by George Edward Moore

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Faith goes out through the window when beauty comes in at the door.

Faith goes out through the window when beauty comes in at the door.

The hours I spend with you I look upon as sort of a perfumed garden,...

The hours I spend with you I look upon as sort of a perfumed garden,...

It does not matter how badly you paint so long as you don't paint badly...

It does not matter how badly you paint so long as you don't paint badly...

A man travels the world in search of what he needs and returns home to...

A man travels the world in search of what he needs and returns home to...

A great artist is always before his time or behind it.

A great artist is always before his time or behind it.

Art is the great democrat, calling forth creative genius from every sector of society, disregarding...

Art is the great democrat, calling forth creative genius from every sector of society, disregarding...

Film as dream, film as music. No art passes our conscience in the way film...

Film as dream, film as music. No art passes our conscience in the way film...

While I recognize the necessity for a basis of observed reality... true art lies in...

While I recognize the necessity for a basis of observed reality... true art lies in...

I discovered that what's really important for a creator isn't what we vaguely define as...

I discovered that what's really important for a creator isn't what we vaguely define as...

Things are beautiful if you love them.

Things are beautiful if you love them.

What art offers is space - a certain breathing room for the spirit.

What art offers is space - a certain breathing room for the spirit.

Politics has always been the art of the possible. Today it's too often the art...

Politics has always been the art of the possible. Today it's too often the art...

I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.

I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.

No artist is ahead of his time. He 'is' his time; it is just that...

No artist is ahead of his time. He 'is' his time; it is just that...

Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still,...

Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still,...

Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.

Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.

A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it...

A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it...

Art is either plagiarism or revolution.

Art is either plagiarism or revolution.

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of the arts.

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of the arts.

Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth.

Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth.