To wish a healthy man to die is the wish from a mind of sickness. To wish an ailing man to die is the wish of the ambitious.

Quote by Roman Payne

Topics: Ambition Quotes, Desire Quotes, Health Quotes, Illness Quotes, Wishes Quotes

All forms of madness, bizarre habits, awkwardness in society, general clumsiness, are justified in the...

All forms of madness, bizarre habits, awkwardness in society, general clumsiness, are justified in the...

Art is always and everywhere the secret confession, and at the same time the immortal...

Art is always and everywhere the secret confession, and at the same time the immortal...

It used to be that we in films were the lowest form of art. Now...

It used to be that we in films were the lowest form of art. Now...

Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame.

Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame.

Art is a form of catharsis

Art is a form of catharsis

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

I cry out for order and find it only in art.

I cry out for order and find it only in art.

Every good painter paints what he is.

Every good painter paints what he is.

What is art but a way of seeing?

What is art but a way of seeing?

An artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs.

An artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs.

A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament.

A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament.

The job of the artist is to deepen the mystery

The job of the artist is to deepen the mystery

What garlic is to food, insanity is to art.

What garlic is to food, insanity is to art.

The refusal to rest content, the willingness to risk excess on behalf of one's obsessions,...

The refusal to rest content, the willingness to risk excess on behalf of one's obsessions,...

Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.

Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.

The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not...

The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not...

It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and...

It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and...

Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence.

Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence.

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

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

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

I want to mail my mailman something. He always brings me mail, yet I never...

I want to mail my mailman something. He always brings me mail, yet I never...

The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those...

The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those...

Fear is a fine spur, so is rage

Fear is a fine spur, so is rage