"You've got to appreciate the things that come from the art of the Negro and from the heart of the man farthest down."

William Christopher Handy, American Musician

Art, Heart, Man

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"You've got to appreciate the things that come from the art of the Negro and from the heart of the man farthest down."

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"The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science."

Erich Fromm, American Psychologist

Art, Science, Creation

"Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding."

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

Art, Limitations, Thinking

"The truth is not that we need the critics in order to enjoy the authors, but that we need the authors in order to enjoy the critics."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

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"History develops, art stands still."

E. M. Forster, English Novelist

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"We are all artists painting our desires on the canvas of life and time."

Steven Redhead, British Author

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"To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job."

Simone de Beauvoir, French Writer

Art, Husband, Job

"As useful as an unhappy artist. As useless as a happy philosopher."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Art, Happiness, Philosophy, Values

"You do not need a boyfriend or a girlfriend to write an emotional poet, because poetry is beyond hooks and holes."

M.F. Moonzajer, Afghan Author

Art, Poetry, Love, Emotion, Expression

"To see things as the poet sees them I must share his consciousness and not attend to it; I must look where he looks and not turn round to face him; I must make of him not a spectacle but a pair of spectacles; in fine, as Professor Alexander would say, I must enjoy him and not contemplate him."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

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"To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine."

Henry Ward Beecher, American Clergyman

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"The name of my ailment was longing, and it was not cured till I finally went to the department store and counted out the money in small coins before the dismayed clerk. When I came to the house, I held up the instrument before the eyes of the astonished household."

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"Setting my mind on a musical instrument was like falling in love. All the world seemed bright and changed."

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"Whenever I heard the song of a bird and the answering call of its mate, I could visualize the notes in scale, all built up within my consciousness as a natural symphony."

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"I knew the whistle of each of the river boats on the Tennessee."

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"Nature was my kindergarten."

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"Life is something like a trumpet. If you don't put anything in, you won't get anything out."

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"The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science."

"Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding."

"The truth is not that we need the critics in order to enjoy the authors, but that we need the authors in order to enjoy the critics."

"History develops, art stands still."

"We are all artists painting our desires on the canvas of life and time."

"To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job."

"As useful as an unhappy artist. As useless as a happy philosopher."

"You do not need a boyfriend or a girlfriend to write an emotional poet, because poetry is beyond hooks and holes."

"To see things as the poet sees them I must share his consciousness and not attend to it; I must look where he looks and not turn round to face him; I must make of him not a spectacle but a pair of spectacles; in fine, as Professor Alexander would say, I must enjoy him and not contemplate him."

"To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine."

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"The name of my ailment was longing, and it was not cured till I finally went to the department store and counted out the money in small coins before the dismayed clerk. When I came to the house, I held up the instrument before the eyes of the astonished household."

"Setting my mind on a musical instrument was like falling in love. All the world seemed bright and changed."

"I think America concedes that true American music has sprung from the Negro."

"The blues - the sound of a sinner on revival day."

"With a guitar I would be able to express the things I felt in sounds."

"My big ears indicated a talent for music. This thrilled me."

"Whenever I heard the song of a bird and the answering call of its mate, I could visualize the notes in scale, all built up within my consciousness as a natural symphony."

"I knew the whistle of each of the river boats on the Tennessee."

"Nature was my kindergarten."

"Life is something like a trumpet. If you don't put anything in, you won't get anything out."