"The effort of art is to keep what is interesting in existence, to recreate it in the eternal." ― George Santayana Topic(s): Art Tags: effort More From George Santayana "It is veneer, rouge, aestheticism, art museums, new theaters, etc. that make America impotent. The good things are football, kindness, and jazz bands." "For a man who has done his natural duty, death is as natural as sleep." "Many possessions, if they do not make a man better, are at least expected to make his children happier; and this pathetic hope is behind many exertions." More In Art "He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything."― Samuel Johnson "Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it’s all over."― Octavia Butler "I do not regard advertising as entertainment or an art form, but as a medium of information."― David Ogilvy