A Quote by Gary Becker

Economy is the art of making the most of life.

Gary Becker

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Gary Becker
American - Economist
December 2, 1930 - May 3, 2014

To the question, ‘Is the cinema an art?’ my answer is, ‘what does it matter?’... You can make films or you can cultivate a garden. Both have as much claim to being called an art as a poem by Verlaine or a painting by Delacroix… Art is ‘making.’ The art of poetry is the art of making poetry. The art of love is the art of making love... My father never talked to me about art. He could not bear the word.

Jean Renoir

When we even use the term 'specialized world,' we already have a problem! We're making art; they are making art... these worlds are not far apart from each other. For instance, pieces of art that hang on a wall can be seen in museums or can be used in a variety of commercial ways. That art is everywhere, so the message is that it's a part of everyday life.

Jennifer Higdon

I'm making art and making decisions and editing things. I don't live my life to broadcast it into the art world; I don't see it as my life on the stage.

Frances Stark

We have the most flexible and adaptive economy. Making sure we sustain the ability of the American economy to perform well is really the priority of economic policy.

John W. Snow

Art-making was part of my daily life from a very young age, and I still love that kind of everyday art-making.

Eula Biss

What is it about a work of art, even when it is bought and sold in the market, that makes us distinguish it from . . . pure commodities? A work of art is a gift, not a commodity. . . works of art exist simultaneously in two “economies”, a market economy and a gift economy. Only one of these is essential, however: a work of art can survive without the market, but where there is no gift, there is no art.

Lewis Hyde

What I love most is the art, is making art, acting and being on set, and being a part of the process of making a movie.

Paula Patton

I know I am making the choice most dangerous to an artist in valuing life above art.

James Agee

Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art. Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.

Andy Warhol

We want an economy that grows health and wellbeing, not debt and carbon emissions. An economy that prepares and protects us from shocks to come, rather than making them worse. An economy that shares resources to meet all our needs, regardless of background. An economy that lets us live.

Gail Bradbrook

I feel with ELP that I wasn't making the most of my life and I wasn't making the most of my creativity. I was marking time. I don't want to do that. Life is to short.

Greg Lake

Making of poetry, music, dance and art as culture-making in the service of nation-making. You can find writings that make that purpose for art quite explicit.

Mark McMorris

when you are dealing with art, any kind of art, your pleasure in making it is what matters most.

Marion Dane Bauer

I think of making love and making art as being very parallel. Even the most amateur attempt can be thrilling.

Julia Cameron

The art of achievement is the art of making life - your life - a masterpiece.

Wilferd Peterson

I think that black people making art, women making art, and certainly black women making art is a disruptive endeavor - and it's one that I enjoy extremely.

Ava DuVernay

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