What did Marcus Aurelius mean by: No form of nature is inferior to art; for the arts merely imitate natural forms. Marcus Aurelius Emperor · Italy Copy
+ Despise not death, but welcome it, for nature wills it like all else. Read explanation Author, January 12, 2023December 25, 2024, Marcus Aurelius, Acceptance, Mortality, Nature, 0 Marcus Aurelius Emperor · Italy
There is no misfortune, but to bear it nobly is good fortune. Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Marcus Aurelius, Fortitude, Perspective, Resilience, 0 Marcus Aurelius Emperor · Italy
+ Perhaps there are none more lazy, or more truly ignorant, than your everlasting readers. Read explanation Author, February 14, 2023December 25, 2024, Marcus Aurelius, Criticism, Ignorance, Laziness, 0 Marcus Aurelius Emperor · Italy
+ Our life is what our thoughts make it. Author, June 25, 2023January 2, 2025, Marcus Aurelius, Mindset, Perception, Reality, 0 Marcus Aurelius Emperor · Italy
+ There is nothing happens to any person but what was in his power to go through with. Author, August 26, 2023January 2, 2025, Marcus Aurelius, Control, Determination, Responsibility, 0 Marcus Aurelius Emperor · Italy
+ Tomorrow is nothing, today is too late; the good lived yesterday. Read explanation Author, August 20, 2023January 2, 2025, Marcus Aurelius, Future, Past, Present, 0 Marcus Aurelius Emperor · Italy
The true worth of a man is to be measured by the objects he pursues. Read explanation Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Marcus Aurelius, Ambition, Success, Values, 0 Marcus Aurelius Emperor · Italy
I cannot comprehend how any man can want anything but the truth. Read explanation Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Marcus Aurelius, Integrity, Truth, Understanding, 0 Marcus Aurelius Emperor · Italy
Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Art produces ugly things which frequently become beautiful with time. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
There is no art without intoxication. But I mean a mad intoxication! Let reason teeter! Delirium! Jean Dubuffet Artist · France
No piece of art can depict feelings if a piece of reality is not included in it. Read explanation Jean Fautrier Painter · France
