{"quotes":[{"text":"Thus the man who is responsive to artistic stimuli reacts to the reality of dreams as does the philosopher to the reality of existence; he observes closely, and he enjoys his observation: for it is out of these images that he interprets life, out of these processes that he trains himself for life.","author":"Friedrich Nietzsche","tags":["adam-gottbetter","artistic","human-existence","interpretation","observation","observe","philosopher","philosophy-of-life","reaction","reactions","reality-of-life","stimulation","training"],"id":6988,"author_id":"Friedrich+Nietzsche"},{"text":"Jazz is democracy in music.","author":"Wynton Marsalis","tags":["artistic","patriotism","social-commentary"],"id":21275,"author_id":"Wynton+Marsalis"},{"text":"Until I find a home in a human, art has my heart.","author":"Nikki Rowe","tags":["alturistic","art","artist","artist","artistic","compassion","destiny","fate","fate","heart","heart-centre","heart-chakra","her","human-being","love","nikki-rowe","passion","passionate","women","writer","writers"],"id":38034,"author_id":"Nikki+Rowe"},{"text":"K.I.S.SKeep. It. Simple. Stupid.","author":"Laura Lee Gulledge","tags":["artistic","beautiful","graphic-novel"],"id":47711,"author_id":"Laura+Lee+Gulledge"},{"text":"You have to look closely to see clearly.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["artistic","artistic-expression","beauty","beauty-of-nature","inspiration","look","nature","observation","positive","vision","wisdom","wise-sayings"],"id":54135,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"I don't want to write a mass before being in a state to do it well, that is a Christian. I have therefore taken a singular course to reconcile my ideas with the exigencies of Academy rules. They ask me for something religious: very well, I shall do something religious, but of the pagan religion. . . . I have always read the ancient pagans with infinite pleasure, while in Christian writers I find only system, egoism, intolerance, and a complete lack of artistic taste.","author":"Georges Bizet","tags":["artistic","egoism","intolerance","mass","pagan","pleasure","taste"],"id":55803,"author_id":"Georges+Bizet"},{"text":"Magic is the stunning art of surprising your audience, so that nothing else surprises them.","author":"Amit Kalantri","tags":["applause","art","artist","artistic","artists","conjurer","conjuring","illusion","illusionists","magic","magician","magicians","mentalism","mentalist","surprise","surprises","wizard","wizardry","wizards"],"id":58199,"author_id":"Amit+Kalantri"},{"text":"If you want to be a grocer, or a general, or a politician, or a judge, you will invariably become it; that is your punishment. If you never know what you want to be, if you live what some might call the dynamic life but what I will call the artistic life, if each day you are unsure of who you are and what you know you will never become anything, and that is your reward.","author":"Oscar Wilde","tags":["artistic","goals","life"],"id":103799,"author_id":"Oscar+Wilde"},{"text":"I recount as this journey begins where I rest to gather the tale from thissame old house resting on the hill, leaving me a view of a carnival once seen from just across the tracks. My pallet is dry now. The colors I see no more. The rain has washed away many of the signs that once stood for a prosperhome and family. My grave is waiting. The dreams once filled my head withimages of world unison, hope and companionship for all. The saga spokenthrough my canvas drew darker as the years went on to the bitter cold nights.All that comes to me now are glimpses of faces that graced my soul.","author":"Kris Courtney","tags":["artistic","award-artist","drama","memoir","true-story"],"id":110561,"author_id":"Kris+Courtney"},{"text":"But nowadays I feel guilty that I am granted the immunity of the artistically gifted, having never actually achieved anything to prove myself worthy.","author":"Sara Baume","tags":["a-line-made-by-walking","artist","artistic","guilty","sara-baume","worthy"],"id":125132,"author_id":"Sara+Baume"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":65,"pages":7,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}