Quotes About Contemplation

To be silent is sometimes an art, yet not so great a one as certain people would have us believe, who are wisest they are most silent.

The moving accident is not my trade; To freeze the blood I have no ready arts: 'Tis my delight, alone in summer shade, To pipe a simple song for thinking hearts.

The visual arts must communicate to the human spirit, forcing individuals to reflect on themselves and their existence beyond their own self-interest.

A moment of silence, please, for the lost art of shutting up.

Art is contemplation of the world in a state of grace and imaginatively reflecting that subjective understanding.

The greatest art is philosophy.

We should comfort ourselves with the masterpieces of art as with exalted personages-stand quietly before them and wait till they speak to us.

Making fun of philosophy is really philosophising.

The art of acting presupposes three phases: understanding a part, intuiting a part, and contemplating the essence of a part.

Writers who teach tend to prefer literary theory to literature and tenure to all else. Writers who do not teach prefer the contemplation of Careers to art of any kind.

I'm working in my mind.

We take our last look at the killing noise.

There is no intellectual exercise which is not ultimately useless.

Would it be anything like a literary disaster if Gore Vidal were to fall silent? Easy. No. In fact, there is something to be said for the idea.

Poetry should only occupy the idle.

Sculpture and painting have the effect of teaching us manners and abolishing hurry.

A good piece of art raises questions.

There was an art to the male posterior. That's all there was to it.

Sometimes a person has to stop talking about art for a moment and take a look around.

Meditation is the delicate art of doing nothing.

When one looks into the window of a store which sells devotional art objects, one can't help wishing the iconoclasts had won.

Treat a work of art like a prince: let it speak to you first.

We should comport ourselves with the masterpieces of art as with exalted personages - stand quietly before them and wait till they speak to us.

A photograph is usually looked at- seldom looked into.