Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day. Thornton Wilder
Every great work of art ... is a celebration, an act of insubordination against the betrayals, horrors and infidelities of life. Azar Nafisi
I am the people - the mob - the crowd - the mass. Do you know that all the great work of the world is done through me. Carl Sandburg
Every great work of art should be considered like any work of nature. First of all from the point of view of its aesthetic reality and then not just from its development and the mastery of its creation but from the standpoint of what has moved and agitated its creator. Amedeo Modigliani
The great work of art is the complete banality, and the fault with most banalities is that they are not banal enough. Banality here is not infinite in its depth and consequence, but rests on a foundation of spirituality and aesthetics. Asger Jorn
In the space of seven years I have succeeded in accomplishing a great work and uniting the whole world in one Empire. Genghis Khan