Aesthetics

“Just as lyrics in songs are meant to be sung, not read on a page.”

“His talent is graceful and his style robust and refined, a skill unmatched in the world.”

“بدا ورنَتْ لواحظهُ دلالا فما أبهى الغزالةِ والغزالا”

““Posters! Why, ever since I saw the first of the new posters the thing tempted me so strongly that I offered to do tradesmen’s posters here [Barcelona] for nothing; not one would listen to me.””

“金玉其外、敗絮其中”

“For a woman to accept their body the way it is is almost impossible.”

“Ամեն մի հնչյուն, ամեն մի բառ, ամեն մի ձև կամ ոճ մի մեծ ստեղծագործություն է ու մի մեծ աշխարհ։”

“詩難樂府為尤難”

“Kunst is niet ’n zijn, maar ’n worden.”

“People have such different and eclectic tastes that you can’t afford to program for just one sensibility.”

“De la musique avant toute chose,”

“Дело художника, обязанность художника — видеть то, что задумано, слушать ту музыку, которой гремит разорванный ветром воздух.”

“Символизм вечен и никогда не может увянуть, ибо искусство символично по существу.”

“Cool is the enemy of funny.”

“The outfit was a way to mask my shyness behind all the chaos of the look.”

“常欲得思深语近，韵律调新，属对无差，而风情宛然，而病未能也。”

“In both angelism and devilry, it is a question of intensity – and this is what our literature lacks.”

“If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can warm me I know that is poetry.”