Sample Essays & Free Papers For You

A reliable academic resource for high school and college students.
Essay database with free papers will provide you with original and creative ideas.

Quotations

It is sometimes difficult to be inspired when trying to write a persuasive essay, book report or thoughtful research paper. Often of times, it is hard to find words that best describe your ideas. SwiftPapers now provides a database of over 150,000 quotations and proverbs from the famous inventors, philosophers, sportsmen, artists, celebrities, business people, and authors that are aimed to enrich and strengthen your essay, term paper, book report, thesis or research paper.

Try our free search of constantly updated quotations and proverbs database.

Browse Topics

(Click a letter to view the topics)
A
B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Art

«The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.»
Author: Emile Zola (Activist, Critic, Novelist) | About: Art, Gifts | Keywords: artist, The Gift
«The artist is not a different kind of person, but every person is a different kind of artist»
Author: Eric Gill | About: Art | Keywords: artist, different, kind, kind of
«The artist does not tinker with the universe, he recreates it out of his own experience and understanding of life.»
«The artist does not illustrate science (but) he frequently responds to the same interests that a scientist does»
«The artist's world is limitless. It can be found anywhere, far from where he lives or a few feet away. It is always on his doorstep.»
Author: Paul Strand (Photographer) | About: Art | Keywords: doorstep, doorsteps, limitless
«The artist is the confidant of nature, flowers carry on dialogues with him through the graceful bending of their stems and the harmoniously tinted nuances of their blossoms. Every flower has a cordial word which nature directs towards him.»
«The artist, like the God of the creation, remains within or behind or beyond or above his handiwork, invisible, refined out of existence, indifferent, paring his fingernails»
«The artistic temperament is a disease that affects amateurs. Artists of a large and wholesome vitality get rid of their art easily, as they breathe easily or perspire easily. But in artists of less force the thing becomes a pressure, and produces def»
«The artist alone sees spirits. But after he has told of their appearing to him, everybody sees them.»
«The artist is a receptacle for the emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web.»