Bullfighting is the only art in which the artist is in danger of death and in which the degree of brilliance in the performance is left to the fighter’s honor.

Everybody loves you when you’re six foot in the ground.

It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time.

I played characters with villainous aspect. But out-and-out villain? No.

And why not death rather than living torment? To die is to be banish’d from myself; And Silvia is myself: banish’d from her Is self from self: a deadly banishment!

Any artist, the work you do, if it’s a painting or if it’s a performance, you hope it translates to a common denominator with the people that they see something in their own life in there. Or they see something in somebody else’s life. That’s what’s fun about sharing art.

Better to die ten thousand deaths than wound my honor.

I can’t act!

Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.

Show me the person you honor, for I know better by that the kind of person you are. For you show me what your idea of humanity is.

The one thing I want to leave my children is an honorable name.

A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest; Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art.

I think you get most of the most interesting work done in fields where people don’t think they’re doing art but are merely practicing a craft and working as good craftsmen. Being literate as a writer is good craft, is knowing your job, is knowing how to use your tools properly and not to damage the tools as you use them.

Stand-up is hard.

To some extent I liken slavery to death.

When art dresses in worn-out material it is most easily recognized as art.

Europe is so well gardened that it resembles a work of art, a scientific theory, a neat metaphysical system. Man has re-created Europe in his own image.

It’s what counts, isn’t it, on the Sunday, rather than pre-season testing. If you lock up, you do a little mistake, it’s nothing, but if you do it on Sunday, you lose a place or you have to box for a flat spot or something like that. It’s a much bigger problem.

Constant exposure to dangers will breed contempt for them.

The X is an amazing car, but we kind of got carried away with the art and technology. Obviously, you want great art. You want great technology. But we did get a little distracted from our mission, which was to advance the cause of electric vehicles. And it probably delayed us a little bit with the Model 3 as well.

I went into the business for the money, and the art grew out of it. If people are disillusioned by that remark, I can’t help it. It’s the truth.

Feelings are more dangerous than ideas, because they aren’t susceptible to rational evaluation. They grow quietly, spreading underground, and erupt suddenly, all over the place.

You’ve all seen over the last eight years what President Obama means to this country. He is the embodiment of honor, resolve, and character – one of the finest presidents we have ever had.

Art is not a thing; it is a way.

Man weeps to think that he will die so soon; woman, that she was born so long ago.

The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison a more illustrious abode.

Acting is nothing more or less than playing. The idea is to humanize life.

The true face of smoking is disease, death and horror – not the glamour and sophistication the pushers in the tobacco industry try to portray.

A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left.

It’s an honor for me to represent urban music, reggaeton, trap and hip-hop.

Man becomes his most creative during war.

I performed in a bowling alley before while people were still bowling. Cut the check, and I will perform anywhere.

Death and genitals are things that frighten people, and when people are frightened, they develop means of concealment and aggression. It is common sense.

Good is positive. Evil is merely privative, not absolute: it is like cold, which is the privation of heat. All evil is so much death or nonentity. Benevolence is absolute and real. So much benevolence as a man hath, so much life hath he.

I didn’t like the play, but then I saw it under adverse conditions – the curtain was up.

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.

Life and death are one thread, the same line viewed from different sides.

One has to pay dearly for immortality; one has to die several times while one is still alive.

Death and vulgarity are the only two facts in the nineteenth century that one cannot explain away.

Men are never really willing to die except for the sake of freedom: therefore they do not believe in dying completely.

Don’t only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets; art deserves that, for it and knowledge can raise man to the Divine.

I won’t be satisfied until people want to hear me sing without looking at me. Of course, that doesn’t mean I want them to stop looking.

Life is better than death, I believe, if only because it is less boring, and because it has fresh peaches in it.

The art which we may call generally art of the wayside, as opposed to that which is the business of men’s lives, is, in the best sense of the word, Grotesque.

The quietly pacifist peaceful always die to make room for men who shout.

I say that in the most humble way: I always knew that I could perform with the best of ‚em and I could deliver with the best of ‚em.

I’m not a very creative person, you know? I’m not really an art person. I’m not a great reader or writer or artist or musician.

Songwriting is my way of channeling my feelings and my thoughts. Not just mine, but the things I see, the people I care about. My head would explode if I didn’t get some of that stuff out.

In case you’re wondering whether I lip synch, the answer is no… people think so because I sound so good.

What pity is it That we can die, but once to serve our country.

A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament.

It is not sufficient to see and to know the beauty of a work. We must feel and be affected by it.

There is in me an anarchy and frightful disorder. Creating makes me die a thousand deaths, because it means making order, and my entire being rebels against order. But without it I would die, scattered to the winds.

Who I am on stage is very, very different to who I am in real life.

Actors know, with me they aren’t going to be allowed to rehearse a scene for a couple of hours and then get away with doing 25 takes before we get it right. So they come with their full bag of tricks.

Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all.

In the first book of my Discworld series, published more than 26 years ago, I introduced Death as a character; there was nothing particularly new about this – death has featured in art and literature since medieval times, and for centuries we have had a fascination with the Grim Reaper.

I never look at my watch when I’m sketching!

I take a lot of pride in the work I do, because people pay to see me. They’ve got to get babysitters, park their car, get popcorn and candy. I’ve got to be conscious of that.

Glorious bouquets and storms of applause are the trimmings which every artist naturally enjoys.

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.