A Quote by Reinhold Niebuhr
The whole art of politics consists in directing rationally the irrationalities of men.
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The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.
There is in fact no such thing as art for art's sake, art that stands above classes, art that is detached from or independent of politics. Proletarian literature and art are part of the whole proletarian revolutionary cause.
Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable.
The art of politics consists in knowing precisely when it is necessary to hit an opponent slightly below the belt.
High art consists neither in altering, nor in improving nature; but in seeking throughout nature for 'whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are pure;' in loving these, in displaying to the utmost of the painter's power such loveliness as is in them, and directing the thoughts of others to them by winning art, or gentle emphasis.
The whole art of war consists of guessing at what is on the other side of the hill.
The whole art of war consists in getting at what is on the other side of the hill.
The whole art of living consists in giving up existence in order to exist.
Politics are now nothing more than means of rising in the world. With this sole view do men engage in politics, and their whole conduct proceeds upon it.
The great art of governing consists in not letting men grow old in their jobs.
Art is manipulation, the management of material, the directing of fate... Who does that directing?
Politics, as hopeful men practise it in the world, consists mainly of the delusion that a change in form is a change in substance.
A great part of art consists in imitation. For the whole conduct of life is based on this: that what we admire in others we want to do ourselves.
Art goes beyond politics. Even if there are writers who are involved in politics, eventually, in one or two centuries, it's not their politics which is going to count, but the fact of having given life to feelings, of having created characters and made a living work of art.
Anybody can direct a picture once they know the fundamentals. Directing is not a mystery, it's not an art. The main thing about directing is: photograph the people's eyes.
Politics is a part of life and art is about life. It doesn't mean that all the art has to be about politics - in fact, heaven forbid. But politics is a totally legitimate area of focus for any art, whether it's painting or songwriting or anything else, as much as sex is, as much as spirituality is, as much as any other behavior of people is.
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