Gratia Artis Quotes

#1. Art for art's sake.
[Lat., Ars gratia artis.]

Howard Dietz

#2. What does literature do for me? I think I solve problems in my writing. They may be my problems, but perhaps others share them, and in the process of working these through, I hope to entertain.

Sabina Murray

#3. God is the creature, not the creator.

Dan Simmons

#4. Rapport is the ability to enter someone else's world, to make him feel that you understand him, that you have a strong common bond.

Tony Robbins

#5. Any work that is really great hovers between terrific and terrible.

Laurie Simmons

#6. Growing up doing those Kiwanis Clubs, doing those Cub Scout banquets, doing those church shows, I learned to find that sensibility that most people could laugh at - that all ages and demographics could laugh at.

Jeff Dunham

#7. My lying is a second skin by now, so easy to forget it's there, so I don't always remember that lying is actually an art, and those who aren't meticulous about it are easily exposed.

Jillian Cantor

#8. I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception.

Groucho Marx

#9. Depression is state of deep anxiety.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#10. Look! Look! If you look really hard at things you'll forget you're going to die.

Montgomery Clift

#11. The only reason I don't like playing in the World Series is I can't watch myself play.

Reggie Jackson

#12. A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don't have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial, and uninformed.

Nelson Mandela

#13. In Indiana, gays and lesbians can be fired from their jobs with impunity, and in Arkansas, it's the same thing. We need those protective laws to truly have an equal society.

George Takei