George Bernard Shaw Quotes

The world is full of poetry. The air is living with its spirit; and the waves dance to the music of its melodies, and sparkle in its brightness.

Only in art will the lion lie down with the lamb, and the rose grow without the thorn.

When I think of art I think of beauty. Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye it is in the mind. In our minds there is awareness of perfection.

Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.

When men are prosperous, they are in love with life. Nature grows beautiful, the arts begin to flourish, there is work for painter and sculptor, the poet is born, the stage is erected - and this life with which men are in love is represented in a thousand forms.

My work always tried to unite the true with the beautiful; but when I had to choose one or the other, I usually chose the beautiful.

What love is to man, music is to the arts and to mankind.

He alone is great who turns the voice of the wind into a song made sweeter by his own loving.

Artists in each of the arts seek after and care for nothing but love.

I think that kids are a wonderful, wonderful reader to have in your head.

What I treasure most at any moment is intimacy, surprise, a sense of mystery, wit, depth and love. A handful of cherished friends offer me this, and the occasional singer or film-maker or artist. But my most reliable sources of electricity are Henry David Thoreau, Shakespeare, Melville and Emily Dickinson.

I always love writing about children.

I love art, and it plays a huge role in my life. It's definitely one of my greatest joys, and I'm a bit fanatical about certain painters and poets and musicians and sculptors.

The highest ideals are human intelligence, creativity and love. Respect these above all.

A library, to modify the famous metaphor of Socrates, should be the delivery room for the birth of ideas - a place where history comes to life.

I love musicians. I think artists are the most amazing people because they're constantly creating beauty for the world. With all the crazy stuff going on in the world, then there's artists reminding us of our humanity and reminding us of our heart and soul and what really matters.

Some people like to paint trees. I like to paint love. I find it more meaningful than painting trees.

I watched 'Fame,' and I just love the choreography. It just gives me a place to be in another zone.

Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman.

It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.

Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.

I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing than to teach ten thousand stars how not to dance.

Women make us poets, children make us philosophers.

Music is harmony, harmony is perfection, perfection is our dream, and our dream is heaven.

Books minister to our knowledge, to our guidance, and to our delight, by their truth, their uprightness, and their art.