I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues. —Duke Ellington More about this quote Tags: art Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
About Duke Ellington Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life.
More quotations from Duke Ellington A problem is a chance for you to do your best. —Duke Ellington More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Love is supreme and unconditional; like is nice but limited. —Duke Ellington More about this quote Tags: love time liking unconditional Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous you don't want it. —Duke Ellington More about this quote Tags: danger art attraction Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Gray skies are just clouds passing over. —Duke Ellington More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
A problem is a chance for you to do your best. —Duke Ellington More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Love is supreme and unconditional; like is nice but limited. —Duke Ellington More about this quote Tags: love time liking unconditional Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous you don't want it. —Duke Ellington More about this quote Tags: danger art attraction Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Gray skies are just clouds passing over. —Duke Ellington More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
More quotations tagged with “art” If you were in a burning house and there was a cat and a Rembrandt, what would you save? The cat...you would save the cat, because the cat is alive. The art is dead. It's just paint on a canvas, ink on a page. To live for art is to deny life. It's just to destroy life. —Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider More about this quote Tags: art Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email The idea of a mass audience was really an invention of the Industrial Revolution. —David Cronenberg More about this quote Tags: art Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Art forms of the past were really considered elitist. Bach did not compose for the masses, neither did Beethoven. It was always for patrons, aristocrats, and royalty. Now we have a sort of democratic version of that, which is to say that the audience is so splintered in its interests. —David Cronenberg More about this quote Tags: art Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Art is born of the observation and investigation of nature. —Cicero More about this quote Tags: art Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email I can't criticize what I don't understand. If you want to call this art, you've got the benefit of all my doubts. —Charles Rosin More about this quote Tags: art Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
If you were in a burning house and there was a cat and a Rembrandt, what would you save? The cat...you would save the cat, because the cat is alive. The art is dead. It's just paint on a canvas, ink on a page. To live for art is to deny life. It's just to destroy life. —Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider More about this quote Tags: art Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The idea of a mass audience was really an invention of the Industrial Revolution. —David Cronenberg More about this quote Tags: art Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Art forms of the past were really considered elitist. Bach did not compose for the masses, neither did Beethoven. It was always for patrons, aristocrats, and royalty. Now we have a sort of democratic version of that, which is to say that the audience is so splintered in its interests. —David Cronenberg More about this quote Tags: art Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Art is born of the observation and investigation of nature. —Cicero More about this quote Tags: art Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I can't criticize what I don't understand. If you want to call this art, you've got the benefit of all my doubts. —Charles Rosin More about this quote Tags: art Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email