Honore de Balzac Quotes

All humanity is passion; without passion, religion, history, novels, art would be ineffectual.

The passion for art is, as for believers, very religious. It unites people, its message is of common humanity. Art has become my religion - others pray in church. It's a banality, but you don't possess art, it possesses you. It's like falling in love.

Love is the sum of all the arts, as it is the reason for their existence.

One day, music will take its rightful place as the true religion of Mankind.

You pursue what you love, and if you find beauty or truth, you go with that.

Love's a recurring theme through my work.

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

'Boom' is my heart. The 'kack' is my soul. Apparently when I choreographed I didn't realize that I said 'boom-kack' 'boom-kack.' I had no idea I was doing it and then I realized that it's every time I felt like the fight in my soul - the boom and the kack - was like my heart. It was like the love of it - my heart and soul.

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

I find love is the most vital part of life, of my art.

The one thing about songwriting that's been consistent is that I do it for the love of a good melody.

Any great art is meant to illuminate the human condition.

For we put the thought of all that we love into all that we make.

Art is an elastic sort of love.

To begin with, let us take the following motto...Literature is Love. Now we can continue.

Art is the accomplice of love. Take love away and there is no longer art.

Poetry is fired by love.

The best writing is certainly when you are in love

There is no art without Eros.

Religion and art spring from the same root and are close kin. Economics and art are strangers.

The songs keep on writing themselves, and I really love them. It's as close as I get to a religion.

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

My songs tend to be about love. It drives some of the greatest songs. I'm looking forward to seeing what people make of my writing.

God knows why - no pun intended - but every time I write a song, I feel a need to touch on religion.

Music inspires me.