Natalie Clifford Barney Quotes

A life is not sufficiently elevated for poetry, unless, of course, the life has been made into an art.

I think of life itself now as a wonderful play that I've written for myself, and so my purpose is to have the utmost fun playing my part.

Art is the proper task of life.

I think doing something of your life is something that you've got deep inside, whether it's to, whether you want to be an astronaut or a, whether you want to do science, or whether you want to be a movie star, or whatever.

I don't live for poetry. I live far more than anybody else does.

I want my whole life to be a great work of art, not just my art. And that means paying attention to my entire life and trying to make sure my whole life is balanced.

If you take the creation of music and the creation of your own life values as your overall goal, then living becomes a musical process.

I don't want life to imitate art. I want life to be art.

I've always wanted to create. I didn't ever want to just be a football player, so I'm just bringing all these childhood dreams together to try to accomplish the things I want to do before I die.

We are so grateful we are given the chance and the freedom to do what we want, what we want to create, what's on our mind, and that's honestly what we asked for in the beginning of our career.

After all, the goal is not making art. It is living a life. Those who live their lives will leave the stuff that is really art.

Life's only obligation, afterall, was to be interesting.

Your life is your art.

The dream of man's heart ... is that life may complete in significant pattern.

You will find meaning in life only if you create it.It is a poetry to be composed. It is a song to be sung.It is a dance to be danced.

A life well lived is the most exquisite work of art.

My art and profession is to live.

When I say be creative I don't mean that you should all go and become great painters and great poets. I simply mean let your life be a painting, let your life be a poem.

Desire that your life count for something great! Long for your life to have eternal significance. Want this! Don’t coast through life without a passion.

My life is a creative act--like a painting, or a concerto.

We have nothing to lose, nothing to gain, nothing we desired anymore- except to make our lives into a work of art.

If a man can dream, if a man can have goals, he can be happy and he can be alive. If he has no goals he doesn't even have a future.

An aim in life is the only fortune worth the finding; and it is not to be found in foreign lands, but in the heart itself.

I found that what I had desired all my life was not to live - if what others are doing is called living - but to express myself.

Why do I have three Super Bowl rings and still think there's something greater out there for me? I mean, maybe a lot of people would say, 'Hey man, this is what is.' I reached my goal, my dream, my life. I think, 'God, it's got to be more than this.' I mean this isn't, this can't be what it's all cracked up to be. I love playing football and I love being quarterback for this team. But at the same time, I think there are a lot of other parts about me that I'm trying to find.