Quotes About Power

Where art thou, Muse, that thou forget'st so long / To speak of that which gives thee all thy might?

A game of rugby is a work of art!

Nothing can touch me now - I'm Jeff Koons and my art can defend me !

Art has the power to transform, to illuminate, to educate, inspire and motivate.

I realise the power of art that does not hang on the walls of galleries.

The foundation of empire is art and science. Remove them or degrade them, and the empire is no more. Empire follows art and not vice versa as Englishmen suppose.

Painting is stronger than me, it makes me do it's bidding.

Politics is the art of controlling your environment.

Of all the arts, for us the cinema is the most important.

Explain to me, please, why in our literature and art so often people absolutely incompetent in this field have the final word.

The opinion that art should have nothing to do with politics is itself a political attitude.

To be able to endure odium is the first art to be learned by those who aspire to power.

The rhythm is below me, the rhythm of the heat. The rhythm is around me, the rhythm has control. The rhythm is inside me, the rhythm has my soul.

When you really get technique... there is no strength that will stop you.

A Curve does not exist in its full power until contrasted with a straight line.

Discipline is simply the art of making the soldiers fear their officers more than the enemy.

Ancient art was the tyrant of Egypt, the mistress of Greece and the servant of Rome.

The idea of a detached art, of poetry as a charm which exists only to distract our leisure, is a decadent idea and an unmistakable symptom of our power to castrate.

Insurrection is an art, and like all arts has its own laws.

Like any artist without an art form, she became dangerous.

When you're dead weight, in the right position, you win. And in reality, you wouldn't see someone my size kicking seven martial arts experts and winning.

Art and politics have many things in common.

The King is only fond of words, and cannot translate them into deeds.

Art destroys silence.