Tartan Treasures

Art is the most beautiful of lies. - Claude Debussy

Politics is the art of the possible. - Otto von Bismarck

Rich the treasure; Sweet the pleasure. - John Dryden

Any idealism is a proper subject for art. - Lafcadio Hearn

All great art comes from a sense of outrage. - Glenn Close

What garlic is to salad, insanity is to art. - Augustus Saint-Gaudens

I teach the art of turning anguish into delight. - Georges Bataille

I hardly ever stretch the canvas before painting. - Jackson Pollock

Oregano: The ancient Italian art of pizza folding - Daffynitions joe-ks.com

God is not interested in your art but, your heart. - Ifeanyi E. Onuoha

Magic: An art of converting superstition into coin - Daffynitions joe-ks.com

The art of government is the organization of idolatry. - George Bernard Shaw

Writing about music is like dancing about architecture. - Elvis Costello

Interpretation is the revenge of the intellect upon art. - Susan Sontag

Art in nature is rhythmic and has a horror of constraint. - Robert Delaunay

One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art. - Oscar Wilde

My theory is that all of Scottish cuisine is based on a dare. - Mike Myers

If I wear too much tartan I tend to look like a Thermos flask. - Ronnie Corbett

Tact is the art of convincing people that they know more than you do. - Raymond Mortimer

The fine art of preparing sushi is something that you watch and learn. - Nobu Matsuhisa

Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises. - Samuel Butler

The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you. - Oscar Wilde

As far as single payer, it works in Canada. It works incredibly well in Scotland. - Donald Trump

Oh, if it be to choose and call thee mine, love, thou art every day my Valentine! - Thomas Hood

Propaganda is the art of persuading others of what you don't believe yourself. - Abba Eban

Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them. - Napoleon Bonaparte

The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them. - Bernard M Baruch

Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better. - Andre Gide

A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left. - Alexander Pope

God gives men wisdom as he gives them gold; his treasure house is not the mint, but the mine. - Arabic Proverb

Oats: A grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people - Daffynitions joe-ks.com

Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it. - Dwight D Eisenhower

The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic slice of truth, wisdom, is dying out. - Walter Benjamin

Psychiatry is the art of teaching people how to stand on their own two feet while reclining on couches. - Sigmund Freud

Ethics is in origin the art of recommending to others the sacrifices required for cooperation with oneself. - Bertrand Russell

Marriage always demands the greatest understanding of the art of insincerity possible between two human beings. - Vicki Baum

I feel strongly that the visual arts are of vast importance. Of course I could be prejudiced. I am a visual art. - Kermit The Frog

Look inside. That way lies dancing to the melodies spun out by your own heart. This is a symphony. All the rest are jingles. - Anna Quindlen

Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. - Donald Trump

I adore art. When I am alone with my notes, my heart pounds and the tears stream from my eyes, and my emotion and my joys are too much to bear. - Guiseppe Verdi