If noble death be virtue's chiefest part, We above all men are by Fortune blest, Striving with freedom's crown to honor Greece, we died, and here in endless glory rest

Quote by Simonides

Topics: Death And Dying Quotes, Fortune Quotes, Honor Quotes, Nobility Quotes, Virtue Quotes

Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting with the gift of speech

Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting with the gift of speech

When I was a child, my mother said to me, 'If you become a soldier,...

When I was a child, my mother said to me, 'If you become a soldier,...

One fine day as my mother was putting the bread in the oven, I went...

One fine day as my mother was putting the bread in the oven, I went...

There is nothing more difficult for a truly creative painter than to paint a rose,...

There is nothing more difficult for a truly creative painter than to paint a rose,...

Well, youth is the period of assumed personalities and disguises. It is the time of...

Well, youth is the period of assumed personalities and disguises. It is the time of...

In my painting of the 'All -Night Cafe' I've tried to express the idea that...

In my painting of the 'All -Night Cafe' I've tried to express the idea that...

The most exciting attractions are between two opposites that never meet.

The most exciting attractions are between two opposites that never meet.

I would rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the...

I would rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the...

For an impressionist to paint from nature is not to paint the subject, but to...

For an impressionist to paint from nature is not to paint the subject, but to...

Paint a rainbow inside of you, paint a rainbow, let your smile shine through. When...

Paint a rainbow inside of you, paint a rainbow, let your smile shine through. When...

When one paints an ideal, one does not need to limit one's imagination.

When one paints an ideal, one does not need to limit one's imagination.

I don't paint things. I only paint the difference between things.

I don't paint things. I only paint the difference between things.

I work in whatever medium likes me at the moment.

I work in whatever medium likes me at the moment.

I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When...

I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When...

Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.

Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.

Vermont's a place where barns come painted / Red as a strong man's heart, Where...

Vermont's a place where barns come painted / Red as a strong man's heart, Where...

Are we to paint what's on the face, what's inside the face, or what's behind...

Are we to paint what's on the face, what's inside the face, or what's behind...

Most women are not as young as they are painted.

Most women are not as young as they are painted.

Shall Life renew these bodies? Of a truth All death will he annul, all tears...

Shall Life renew these bodies? Of a truth All death will he annul, all tears...

Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.

Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.