Elbert Hubbard Art Quotations

I believe the only way we can reach the Kingdom of Heaven is to have the Kingdom of Heaven in our hearts.

Art is nothing; it's a way.

The artist needs no religion beyond his work.

The product of the head, heart and hand is a thing to be loved.

Falling in love is the beginning of all wisdom, all sympathy, all compassion, all art, all religion; and in it's larger sense is the one thing in life worth doing.

There is no freedom on earth or in any star for those who deny freedom to others.

Let a man once see himself as others see him, and all enthusiasm vanishes from his heart.

Literature is the noblest of all the arts. Music dies on the air, or at best exists only as a memory; oratory ceases with the effort; the painter's colors fade and the canvas rots; the marble is dragged from its pedestal and is broken into fragments.

Formal religion was organized for slaves: it offered them consolation which earth did not provide.

The inspirations of today are the shams of tomorrow the purpose has departed.

You had better be a round peg in a square hole than a square peg in a square hole. The latter is in for life, while the first is only an indeterminate sentence.

The art of winning in business is in working hard - not taking things too seriously.

Art is the beautiful way of doing things. Science is the effective way of doing things. Business is the economic way of doing things.

Natural joy brings no headaches and no heartaches.

Down in their hearts, wise men know this truth: the only way to help yourself is to help others.

Optimism is a kind of heart stimulant - the digitalis of failure.

Art is not a thing; it is a way.

The sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such parts of the marble block as are not needed - it is a process of elimination.

I believe in the hands that work, in the brains that think, and in the hearts that love...I believe in sunshine, fresh air, friendship, calm sleep, beautiful thoughts.

Parties who want milk should not seat themselves on a stool in the middle of the field in hope that the cow will back up to them.

Thoroughness characterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains. All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinite painstaking, even to the minutest detail.

If you work for a man, in heaven's name work for him, speak well of him, and stand by the institution he represents. Remember, an ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness. If you must growl, condemn, and eternally find fault - resign your position, and when you are outside, damn to your heart's content - but as long as you are part of the institution, do not condemn it. If you do, the first high wind that comes along will blow you away, and probably you will never know why.

Thoroughness characterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains. All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinite painstaking, even to the minutest detail.