Quotes About Humanity

the Bible declares, "All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one" (Romans 3:12).

The Bible says that all men born after Adam are sinful at conception. We are all born sinners.

The Scripture does not give the idea that God is disinterested, but rather so concerned about us that he took on a human nature in his plans concerning our history and destiny.

Art is love-times-love; the creator loves it and his audience adores it. To miss the sensation of loving art is to miss a kind of parenthood—false pregnancy perhaps—but as Van Gogh said, "If, defrauded of the power to create physically, a man tries to create thoughts in place of children, he is still part of humanity"...a big part.

We cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individual. Toward this end, each of us must work toward his own highest development, accepting at the same time his share of responsibility in the general life of humanity—our particular duty being to help those to whom we feel we can be most useful.

An artist needn't be a clergyman or a churchwarden, but he certainly must have a warm heart for his fellow men.

An artist needn't be a clergyman or a church warden, but he must have a warm heart for his fellow men.

One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul and yet no one ever come to sit by it. Passersby see only a wisp of smoke from the chimney and continue on the way.

An artist needn't be a clergyman or a church warden, but he must have a warm heart for his fellow men

I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.

money can be repaid, but not kindness such as yours.

I would sooner paint people's eyes than cathedrals, for there is something in the eyes that is lacking in a cathedral - however solemn and impressive it may be. To my mind a man's soul, be it that of a poor beggar or of a streetwalker, is more interesting.

I want to paint humanity, humanity and again humanity.

AÈ™a stau lucrurile, dar oare ce se petrece înl?untrul nostru se vede È™i din afar?? Un om poart? în suflet un foc imens È™i nimeni nu vine niciodat? s? se înc?lzeasc? la el, iar trec?torii nu desluÈ™esc decât un firicel de fum, sus la gura hornului, È™i-È™i caut? mai departe de drum.

O possível passional significa pouco para mim, enquanto que me resta contudo, atrevo-me a crer, o poder de sentir-me ligado aos seres humanos com os quais viverei.

I prefer painting people's eyes to cathedrals, for there is something in the eyes that is not in the cathedral, however solemn and imposing the latter may be — a human soul, be it that of a poor beggar or of a street walker, is more interesting to me.

O mesmo acontece com os homens, camponeses e mulheres; não é sempre que eles são interessantes, mas, quando se é paciente com eles, vemos tudo o que essas pessoas têm de Millet.

quanto mais eu reflito, mais eu sinto que não há nada de mais realmente artístico que amar as pessoas.

Mas o que me toca, assim como certos romancistas de nossa época, é que as vozes dessas pessoas, que no caso de Shakespeare nos chegam de uma distância de vários séculos, não nos pareçam desconhecidas. É tão vivo que acreditamos conhecê-las e vê-las.

Meu caro irmão, talvez o melhor seja zombar de nossas pequenas misérias e também um pouco das grandes misérias da vida humana.

Theo, I am a man with faults and errors and passions, but I don't think I ever tried to deprive anyone of his bread or his friends. I have sometimes fought people with words, but attempting a man's life because of a difference of opinion is not the work of an honest man - at least, these are not honest weapons.

But always those same conventional eyes, noses, mouths - waxlike and smooth and cold. It cannot but always remain lifeless. And the painted portraits have a life of their own, coming straight from the painter's soul, which the machine cannot reach. The more one looks at photographs, the more one feels this, I think.

O never think the dead are dead, So long as there are men alive, The dead will live, the dead will live." That's how I feel it. Nothing sadder than that.

Ce que l'homme tue Dieu le ressuscite [What man kills God resuscitates].