Quotes
Quotes about Art
Here's a sigh to those who love me, And a smile to those who hate; And whatever sky's above me, Here's a heart for every fate.
Thou hast no faults, or I no faults can spy; Thou art all beauty, or all blindness I.
If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.
For there are moments in life, when the heart is so full of emotion, That if by chance it be shaken, or into its depths like a pebble, Drops some careless word, it overflows, and its secret, Spilt on the ground like water, can never be gathered together.
The soul of music slumbers in the shell, Till wak'd and kindled by the master's spell, And feeling hearts touch them but lightly--pour A thousand melodies unheard before!
Some feelings are to mortals given, With less of earth in them than heaven.
Sensations sweet, Felt in the blood, and felt along the heart.
To have in general but little feeling, seems to be the only security against feeling too much on any particular occasion.
O happy earth, Whereon thy innocent feet doe ever tread!
Why should we break up Our snug and pleasant party? Time was made for slaves, But never for us so hearty.
O, where is loyalty? If it be banished from the frosty head, Where shall it find a harbor in the earth?
You draw me, you hard-hearted adamant! But yet you draw not iron, for my heart Is true as steel.
You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.
A liberal is a man who leaves the room when the fight starts.
Finance is the art of passing currency from hand to hand until it finally disappears.
High finance isn't burglary or obtaining money by false pretenses, but rather a judicious selection from the best features of those fine arts.
Everything starts with the customer.
When you hire people that are smarter than you are, you prove you are smarter than they are.
Price fixing does not represent simply windfall gains and losses to particular groups according to whether the price happens to be set higher or lower than it would be otherwise. It represents a net lose to the economy as a whole to the extent that many transactions do not take place at all, because the mutually acceptable possibilities have been reduced.
When people go to work, they shouldn't have to leave their hearts at home.
Finance is the art of passing currency from hand to hand until it finally disappears.
It is your people who make the ultimate difference. You put the investment into training the people and then, when you get invited to the party with the big boys, that is a unique selling point.
Forty for you, sixty for me And equal partners we will be.
Above all, we wish to avoid having a dissatisfied customer. We consider our customers a part of our organization, and we want them to feel free to make any criticism they see fit in regard to our merchandise or service. Sell practical, tested merchandise at reasonable profit, treat your customers like human beingsâand they will always come back.
I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money.
