Read quote“حملني على اختيار فن التمثيل ميلٌ تولَّد في صدري، وأنا لا أزال منشدًا قارئًا للقرآن الشريف.”
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About Art
Creative expression through visual, literary, performing, or other forms, used to communicate ideas, emotions, experiences, or perspectives.
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Words on Art
Read quote“I am the luckiest man in the world, because when I paint, I am completely happy.”
Read quote“الفن ترجمانٌ طبيعيٌّ للقلوب”
Read quote“Para conocer la utilidad, el arte, el mérito, la gracia y la beldad de la poesía no es menester ser poeta.”
Read quote“Hay que hacer música. Para no caer en el agobio.”
Read quote“Once more I repeat that editing is the creative force of filmic reality, and that nature provides only the raw material with which it works.”
Read quote“I am a filmmaker, not an author.”
Read quote“كنت من الثائرين على الكلاسيكية والقواعد الفنية الضيقة المقيدة.”
Read quote“Искусство в Москве сверкало как бриллиант, а в Тамбове блестело как стеклышко.”
Read quote“Good acting is action which convinces people.”
Read quote“Sou um instrumento da minha arte, sou meu próprio violino.”
Read quote“If you can stand it I’ll sing it!”
Read quote“O cinema novo transborda, vai além de uma estética seminal, é um estado de espírito que continua ecoando.”
Read quote“A Poet and Poetry form a certain concept of culture, while a person continues to live as a private individual.”
Read quote“道在日新，艺亦须日新，新者生机也；不新则死。”
Read quote““I visit museums, churches, libraries; I go to galleries, bookstores; I observe paintings, illustrations; I talk to people.””
Read quote“We make people laugh, so we should make some money for it.”
Read quote“I am firmly convinced that it is along this path that the great international art of cinematography will make its further progress.”
Read quote“Through the music I sing.”
Read quote“What I’m interested in is not symbols, but images.”
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Quote Stories about Art
Paint That Keeps Moving
Ansel expected to repaint a delivery van. Instead, a florist, an apprentice, and a handful of favorite flowers persuaded him to let his craft change with the seasons.
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A Kiln with Many Hands
When a potter inherits a failing communal kiln, she plans to work alone. Then cracked bowls, muddy boots, and a crowd of determined neighbors teach her what the kiln was built to hold.
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What the Lanterns Learned
Otta knew how to save a puppet’s past. The young performers needed her to help invent its next step.
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