A Work Of Artifice Quotes

#1. know a Work of Art from a Daub of Artifice)

Thomas Carlyle

#2. With living creatures / one must begin very early / to dwarf their growth : / the bound feet, / the crippled brain, / the hair curlers, / the hands you / love to touch.

Marge Piercy

#3. Art, whose honesty must work through artifice, cannot avoid cheating truth.

Adrienne Rich

#4. Is he a Catholic?" "He is now," Ben said somberly.

Stephen King

#5. Only nut cases want to be president. This was true even in high school. Only clearly disturbed people ran for class president.

Kurt Vonnegut

#6. Nature is mighty. Art is mighty. Artifice is weak. For nature is the work of a mightier power than man. Art is the work of man under the guidance and inspiration of a mightier power. Artifice is the work of mere man, in the imbecility of his mimic understanding.

Augustus William Hare

#7. MSNBC will never be as liberal as Fox is conservative.

David Shuster

#8. For example, a person who is often stuck in negative thoughts and turbulent emotions may be more likely to attract spirits that are also negative in nature. Likewise, for bright, positive people attracting more benevolent spirits.

Kieran Foster

#9. Sometimes life gives us challenges. Must learn to overcome them one by one.

Ariadna Athanasopulos

#10. Well, there was a time when we used to sacrifice goats, but then we all became vegans, so we've been sacrificing tofu before the shows!

Jared Leto

#11. ... you almost believe that you will never come to the end of a roll of tape; and when you do, there is a feeling, nearly, though very briefly, of shock and grief.

Nicholson Baker