Well-Actually War Trall Rowen Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 Originally Posted By: Lilith the point of spending millions on art is to distinguish oneself. good art is all alike; all bad art is bad in its own way Art for the sake of the Art, not the name of who created it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Student of Trinity Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 Originally Posted By: Lilith good art is all alike; all bad art is bad in its own way Um, okay. What did Tolstoy know about happy marriages? On the other hand, though, I've never been much interested in Warhol's art, either. As far as I'm concerned, that one quote is by far his best piece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Student of Trinity Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 Originally Posted By: Rowen Art for the sake of the Art, not the name of who created it. That's just it. I once saw a large exhibit of colored blown glass art. Most of it was stuff I could have done, given the materials, so I was breezing through. Suddenly I hit a string of pieces that weren't like that: I couldn't explain why, but they just looked extremely cool. After determining that there was just this one set of really cool ones in the place, I checked who had happened to make these ones. They were by Pablo Picasso. And none of his were not cool. I'd had no idea he had ever worked in glass. I had never considered myself a fan of his paintings. But the real deal is the real deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Erebus the Black Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 Where I come from there is a saying: In art as in art, there is no such thing that there's no such thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Soul of Wit Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 [mentalnote] Don't come to these forums for art discussions. [/mentalnote] I listed a couple of quotes earlier, but here's a gem: "I seem to have been only a boy playing on the seashore, now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me." --Sir Isaac Newton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Student of Trinity Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 The great thing about that one is that it shows how smart Newton was. Because he was right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dantius Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 Originally Posted By: Student of Trinity The great thing about that one is that it shows how smart Newton was. Because he was right. I'd have to say that my favorite quote about Newton is either that one, his epitaph, "If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants", or the entire rant by the drill instructor in Mass Effect 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Student of Trinity Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 Do you mean Pope's two-line epitaph, or the Latin ramble that's actually on Newton's tomb? Though not as catchy, the inscription is decent enough in fact, since it lists his astonishing achievements, and concludes with a sentence that accomplishes the difficult task of being adequate to the case: "Mortals, congratulate yourselves, that one so great has adorned the human race." It's a bit awkward in English, but at least to my amateur ear the Latin rolls well: Sibi gratulentur Mortales, Tale tantumque exstitisse Humani generis decus. I heard somebody allege once that in Newton's day 'standing on the shoulders of giants' was a stock phrase, even a trite one, for expressing due intellectual modesty, and that Newton not only didn't originate it, but clearly meant it sarcastically, having few modest bones in his body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk Ceiling Durkheim Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 One of my favorites is from The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis: "And Nothing is very strong: strong enough to steal away a man's best years not in sweet sins but in a dreary flickering of the mind over it knows not what and knows not why, in the gratification of curiosities so feeble that the man is only half aware of them, in drumming of fingers and kicking of heels, in whistling tunes that he does not like, or in the long, dim labyrinth of reveries that have not even lust or ambition to give them a relish, but which, once chance association has started them, the creature is too weak and fuddled to shake off." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Tyranicus Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 My favorite C.S. Lewis quotation is this: "You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted May 7, 2011 Author Share Posted May 7, 2011 XD! Keep up with thegreat quotes. your shure making my day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Student of Trinity Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 Originally Posted By: FnordCola One of my favorites is from The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis: "And Nothing is very strong: strong enough to steal away a man's best years not in sweet sins but in a dreary flickering of the mind over it knows not what and knows not why, in the gratification of curiosities so feeble that the man is only half aware of them, in drumming of fingers and kicking of heels, in whistling tunes that he does not like, or in the long, dim labyrinth of reveries that have not even lust or ambition to give them a relish, but which, once chance association has started them, the creature is too weak and fuddled to shake off." The scary thing is, that was written long before the internet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Android Posted May 8, 2011 Share Posted May 8, 2011 Cease firing. Now if any enemy Planes appear, shoot them down in a friendly fashion. I saw this earlier today, not sure of the origin. Not the deepest quote on this thread, but I'm too tired to care. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast The Mystic Posted May 8, 2011 Share Posted May 8, 2011 Originally Posted By: Android Cease firing. Now if any enemy Planes appear, shoot them down in a friendly fashion. Kind of reminds me of Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. Quote: Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Venom Posted May 8, 2011 Share Posted May 8, 2011 Originally Posted By: FnordCola One of my favorites is from The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis: "..." That was a great quote! I've read a few of C.S. Lewis' books, but never The Screwtape Letters. I must check that out now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dintiradan Posted May 8, 2011 Share Posted May 8, 2011 There's an audio book version, read by none other than John Cleese. Get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted May 8, 2011 Author Share Posted May 8, 2011 Quote: "Do not needlesly Endanger your lives and get shot untill i give the signal" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Tracer Bullet Posted May 9, 2011 Share Posted May 9, 2011 Originally Posted By: tHhGttG Share and Enjoy . . . Go stick your head in a pig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted May 9, 2011 Author Share Posted May 9, 2011 Wow. Now that one was just disgusting whered you find that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgeoning Battle Gamma Masquerade Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 "We were just trying to write songs about prostitutes and lesbians" -Paul McCartney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Geneforgeisformeyukkyu Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 "Why won't you die?" - Austin Powers, also grats to Masquerade on 69th reply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk Ceiling Durkheim Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 A shame he didn't live to read Infinite Jest, then. Or to see the internet, for different but oddly analogous reasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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