Medicine is not only a science it is also an art. It does not consist of compounding pills and plasters it deals with the very processes of life which must be understood before they may be guided.

The style of ancient Egyptian art is transcendently clear something 8-year-olds can recognize in an instant. Its consistency and codification is one of the most epic visual journeys in all art one that lasts 30 dynasties spread over 3 000 years.

The art of pleasing consists in being pleased.

Besides the noble art of getting things done there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.

Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable.

It is in this power of saying everything and yet saying nothing too plainly that the perfection of art consists.

Freedom in art freedom in society this is the double goal towards which all consistent and logical minds must strive.

The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.

In general the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to another.

The art of acting consists in keeping people from coughing.