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

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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...

Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term art, I should call it...

Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term art, I should call it...

A picture is worth a thousand words.

A picture is worth a thousand words.

Art does not solve problems but makes us aware of their existence. It opens our...

Art does not solve problems but makes us aware of their existence. It opens our...

Our natures are a lot like oil, mix us with anything else, and we strive...

Our natures are a lot like oil, mix us with anything else, and we strive...

Art begins with resistance-at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever...

Art begins with resistance-at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever...

Every artist writes his own autobiography.

Every artist writes his own autobiography.

The art of life is to live in the present moment, and to make that...

The art of life is to live in the present moment, and to make that...

I always try to balance the light with the heavy - a few tears of...

I always try to balance the light with the heavy - a few tears of...

Personality is everything in art and poetry.

Personality is everything in art and poetry.

Art is the highest task and proper metaphysical activity of this life.

Art is the highest task and proper metaphysical activity of this life.

Art is the stored honey of the human soul, gathered on wings of misery and...

Art is the stored honey of the human soul, gathered on wings of misery and...

Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.

Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.

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...

Art is art. Everything else is everything else.

Art is art. Everything else is everything else.

Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man...

Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man...

I think an artist's responsibility is more complex than people realize.

I think an artist's responsibility is more complex than people realize.

Art is a human activity having for its purpose the transmission to others of the...

Art is a human activity having for its purpose the transmission to others of the...

Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.

Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.

Sometimes, to pursue a new idea, the artist must forfeit his deposit on an old...

Sometimes, to pursue a new idea, the artist must forfeit his deposit on an old...

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...

Literary critics, however, frequently suffer from a curious belief that every author longs to extend...

Literary critics, however, frequently suffer from a curious belief that every author longs to extend...

Don't get even, get mad.

Don't get even, get mad.