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It seems to me, when I see nature, that I see it ready made, completely written — but then, try to do it!
Claude Monet1840–1926Letter to Frédéric Bazille (15 July 1864)
- Nature
I don’t distinguish between magic and art.
Alan Mooreborn 1953De Abaitua interview (1998)
The path led out of rational confines. When you start thinking about art and creativity, rationality is not big enough to contain it all.
Alan Mooreborn 1953De Abaitua interview (1998)
Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.
Marianne Moore1887–1972
- Poetry
The courage of the poet is to keep ajar the door that leads into madness.
Christopher Morley1890–1957
- Poetry
Dreamer of dreams, born out of my due time,
Why should I strive to set the crooked straight?
William Morris1834–1896The Earthly Paradise (1868), “An Apology”, ll. 22–23
- Poetry
I do not want art for a few, any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few.
William Morris1834–1896The Decorative Arts (1877)
- Education
- Freedom
So long as the system of competition in the production and exchange of the means of life goes on, the degradation of the arts will go on.
William Morris1834–1896“Art Under Plutocracy” (1883)
- Economics
Beauty, which is what is meant by art, using the word in its widest sense, is, I contend, no mere accident to human life, which people can take or leave as they choose, but a positive necessity of life.
William Morris1834–1896The Beauty of Life (1880)
- Beauty
For me, Art is the restoration of order. It may discuss all sort of terrible things, but there must be satisfaction at the end. A little bit of hunger, but also satisfaction.
Toni Morrison1931–2019Interview with Don Swaim (1987)
After ‘The Matrix,’ I cannot wear sunglasses. As soon as I put them on, people recognise me.
Carrie-Anne Mossborn 1967
- Movies
But fantasy kills imagination, pornography is death to art.
IMIris Murdoch1919–1999The Message to the Planet (1989) p. 43.
Love is the extremely difficult realisation that something other than oneself is real. Love, and so art and morals, is the discovery of reality.
IMIris Murdoch1919–1999“The Sublime and the Good”, in the Chicago Review, Vol. 13 Issue 3 (Autumn 1959) p. 51.
- Love
We made a film about the man who created the atomic bomb, and for better or for worse, we’re all living in Oppenheimer’s world. So I would really like to dedicate this to the peacemakers everywhere.
Cillian Murphyborn 1976“Cillian Murphy Wins Best Actor: “I Would Really Like to Dedicate This to the Peacemakers”” in Vanity Fair (10 March 2024)
- Movies
- War & Peace
Rather than trying to put an end to Eminem or some other rapper, politicians should think about why they’re rapping. It’s easier to try to censor some kid who’s swearing about poverty than it is to stop the poverty.
Willie Nelsonborn 1933Playboy interview, November 2002.
- Music
- Politics