Whatever an artist's personal feelings are, as soon as an artist fills a certain area on the canvas or circumscribes it, he becomes historical. He acts from or upon other artists.

A thing is not vulgar merely because it is common

William Nazlitt

To keep up even a worthwhile tradition means vitiating the idea behind it which must necessarily be in a constant state of evolution: it is mad to try to express new feelings in a mummified form.

Alfred Jarry

A man's feet must be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.

George Santayana

My mom taught me to go after my dreams. I have this faith in myself that I must have gotten from her.

Amy Jo Johnson

It is better to rise from life as from a banquet -- neither thirsty nor drunken.

Aristotle

All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn. American writing comes from that. There was nothing before. There has been nothing as good since.

Ernest Hemingway

A few years back I was more a candidate for skid row bum than an Emmy. If I hadn't stopped drinking, I'd be playing handball with John Belushi right now.

John Larroquette

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you've got to say, and say it hot.

D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

I like change. There's something Buddhist about it - continuous change is wonderful.

David Bailey

In the business world today, failure is apparently not an option. We need to change this attitude toward failure - and celebrate the idea that only by falling on our collective business faces do we learn enough to succeed down the road.

Naveen Jain

I never expect to see a perfect work from an imperfect man.

Alexander Hamilton

Another side to me is this very sexual being. When I look back on my life, it's always been there. It's been there since I was 10 years old, having the imagination that I had.

Janet Jackson