The Art War Quotes

Hyacinth, we all have our limits. I can't save the world. I can't stop this war. Maybe, just maybe, I can communicate a few things through art. — Kate Elliott

The art of chess is akin to the art of war itself; full of strategy and cunning, yet clever placements. — Jennifer Megan Varnadore

One who sets the entire army in motion to chase an advantage will not attain it. — Sun Tzu

When the enemy is relaxed, make them toil. When full, starve them. When settled, make them move. — Sun Tzu

Intelligence won wars, not brute force. — Rick Riordan

Treat your men as you would your own beloved sons. And they will follow you into the deepest valley. — Sun Tzu

The Arts are the only acceptable theatre of war for peace. — Bryant McGill

Remember Ping-fa, Sun Tzu,' Art of War - read between the lines: kick ass and take names later."

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When the position is such that neither side will gain by making the first move, it is called temporising ground. — Sun Tzu

Armies perfect the art of fighting the last war just in time for the next one. — Max Brooks

The art of war," I told him, "is to make the enemy do your bidding. — Bernard Cornwell

Art is a war - between ourselves and the forces of self-sabotage that would stop us from doing our work. The artist is a warrior. — Steven Pressfield

Art is an instrument in the war against the enemy. — Pablo Picasso

Bring war material with you from home, but forage on the enemy ... use the conquered foe to augment one's own strength. — Sun Tzu

Management of many is the same as management of few. It is a matter of organization. — Sun Tzu

Without subtle ingenuity of mind, one cannot make certain of the truth of their reports. — Sun Tzu

Nothing is more difficult than the art of maneuvering for advantageous positions. — Sun Tzu

War for most men is not fighting or marching in parades. It is sitting around somewhere wondering what the hell you are supposed to be doing. — Art Buchwald

I wrote in the 'War of Art' that I could divide my life neatly into two parts: before turning pro and after. After is better. — Steven Pressfield

The value of time, that is of being a little ahead of your opponent, often provides greater advantage than superior numbers or greater resources. — Sun Tzu

In a similar way, The Art of War pinpoints anger and greed as fundamental causes of defeat. — Sun Tzu

The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles BY STEVEN PRESSFIELD Pressfield's — Daniel H. Pink

Agitate him and ascertain the pattern of his movement. — Sun Tzu

Carefully compare the opposing army with your own, so that you may know where strength is superabundant and where it is deficient. — Sun Tzu

The art of war in its highest point of view is policy. — Carl Von Clausewitz

Generally in war the best policy is to take a state intact; to ruin it is inferior to this. — Sun Tzu

The art of giving orders is not to try to rectify the minor blunders and not be swayed by petty doubts. — Sun Tzu

Other conditions being equal, if one force is hurled against another ten times its size, the result will be the flight of the former. — Sun Tzu

Strategy is the art of making use of time and space. I am less concerned about the later than the former. Space we can recover, lost time never. — Napoleon Bonaparte

The art of war is the art of deception. — Sun Tzu

It is the business of a general to be serene and inscrutable, impartial and self-controlled. — Sun Tzu

Next to war, art is the greatest way to immortalize a reputation. — Roman Genn

Nagasaki was an embarrassment to the art of war — Don DeLillo

Therefore the good fighter will be terrible in his onset, and prompt in his decision. — Sun Tzu

Art transcends war. Art is the language of God and war is the barking of men. Beethoven is bigger than war. — Fannie Hurst

The whole art of war consists of guessing at what is on the other side of the hill. — Arthur Wellesley

It is imperative to master the principles of the art of war and learn to be unmoved in mind even in the heat of the battle. — Miyamoto Musashi

The art of war is to gain time when your strength is inferior. — Napoleon Bonaparte

With regard to narrow passes, if you can occupy them first, let them be strongly garrisoned and await the advent of the enemy. — Sun Tzu

Rely not on the likelihood of the enemy's not coming, but on our own readiness to receive him — Sun Tzu

The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on. — Ulysses S. Grant

Fierce language and pretentious advances are signs that the enemy is about to retreat. — Sun Tzu

When weak, act strong. — Rick Riordan

Art can't decide whether the War on Drugs is an obscene absurdity or an absurd obscenity. In either case, it's a tragic, bloody farce. — Don Winslow

The good fighter is able to secure himself against defeat, but cannot make certain of defeating the enemy. — Sun Tzu

War is the art of killing each other brutally, diplomacy is the art of killing each other softly. — Bangambiki Habyarimana

The art of Europe is drowned in the centuries in the war-scarred face of a motherland.. — John Geddes

Sun Tzu said: The art of war is of vital importance to the State. — Sun Tzu

If the enemy leaves a door open, you must rush in. — Sun Tzu

The economy of gift, of art, is fundamentally opposed to the economy of war. — Mary Rose O'Reilley

The greatest remedy that is used against a plan of the enemy is to do voluntarily what he plans that you do by force. — Niccolo Machiavelli

Art isn't done to decorate apartments, but to wage war against the enemy. — Pablo Picasso

One who has few must prepare against the enemy; one who has many makes the enemy prepare against him. — Sun Tzu

Victory is the main object in war. — Sun Tzu

Necessities can be many, but the one that is stronger is that which constrains you to win or to die. — Niccolo Machiavelli

We have long possessed the art of war and the science of war, which have been evolved in the minutest detail. — Fredrik Bajer

Hence the saying: The enlightened ruler lays his plans well ahead; the good general cultivates his resources. — Sun Tzu

Walking away ends a battle in the heart of one,
and starts a war in the soul of another. — Jenim Dibie

The arts of peace and the arts of war are like two wheels of a cart which, lacking one, will have difficulty in standing. — Kuroda Nagamasa

If your enemy has the power to see into the future, make sure you are the author of that future. — Lionel Suggs

And therefore those skilled in war bring the enemy to the field of battle and are not brought there by him. — Sun Tzu

The person who practices an art is an artist, not a samurai, and one should have the intention of being called a samurai. — Yamamoto Tsunetomo

A battle that you win cancels any other bad action of yours. In the same way, by losing one, all the good things worked by you before become vain. — Niccolo Machiavelli

The saying 'the arts aid the body' is for samurai of other regions. For samurai of the Nabeshima clan the arts bring ruin to the body. — Yamamoto Tsunetomo

Polish your wisdom: learn public justice, distinguish between good and evil, study the ways of different arts one by one. — Miyamoto Musashi

In war there is but one favorable moment; the great art is to seize it! — Napoleon Bonaparte

If the enemy has occupied them before you, do not follow him, but retreat and try to entice him away. — Sun Tzu

War is the highest form of modern art. — Filippo Tommaso Marinetti

The sinews of art and literature, like those of war, are money. — Samuel Butler

That's something that tends to happen with new technologies generally: The most interesting applications turn up on a battlefield, or in a gallery. — William Gibson

Ingenious to their ruin, every age improves the art and instruments of rage. — Edmund Waller

Since the handling of arms is a beautiful spectacle, it is delightful to young men. — Niccolo Machiavelli

Captive Greece took captive her savage conquerer and brought the arts to rustic Latium — Horace

Birds rising in flight is a sign that the enemy is lying in ambush; when the wild animals are startled and flee he is trying to take you unaware. — Sun Tzu

The war was the end of an era, in art as well. And we were trying to create a new philosophy. — Douglas Sirk

Swift as the wind. Quiet as the forest. Conquer like the fire. Steady as the mountain — Sun Tzu

There's no such thing as civilization. The word just means the art of living in cities. — Roger Zelazny

When the soldiers stand leaning on their spears, they are faint from want of food. — Sun Tzu

With the Mongolian horse warfare, I did a lot of research into the Mongol art of war. — John Fusco

Deception is the art of war. — James Patterson

... War is the sole art looked for in one who rules... — Niccolo Machiavelli

In the Soviets' view, chess was not merely an art or a science or even a sport; it was what it had been invented to simulate: war. — Pal Benko

Like all art forms, film is a media as powerful as weapons of mass destruction; the only difference is that war destroys and film inspires. — Nicolas Winding Refn

Sharing our depressions felt like having survived a war. The experience bonds you to the other person for life. — Art Buchwald

WAR, n. A by-product of the arts of peace. The most menacing political condition is a period of international amity. — Ambrose Bierce

Hence the experienced soldier, once in motion, is never bewildered; once he has broken camp, he is never at a loss. — Sun Tzu

The war brought out all the art in me. — Horace Pippin

There is nothing as likely to succeed as what the enemy believes you cannot attempt. — Niccolo Machiavelli

The art of land warfare is an art of genius, of inspiration. On the sea nothing is genius or inspiration; everything is positive or empiric. — Napoleon Bonaparte

The arts can do more to sustain the peace than all the wars, the armaments, and the threats and warnings of politicians. — Arthur Miller

Know the enemy, know yourself; your victory will never be endangered. Know the ground, know the weather; your victory will then be total. — Sun Tzu

Peace is an art as much as war is, and knowing when and how to negotiate peace is the art's highest form. — Wick Allison

When orders are consistently trustworthy and observed, the relationship of a commander with his troops is satisfactory. — Sun Tzu

The art of living. Isn't that a funny expression? — Anne Frank

Should the enemy forestall you in occupying a pass, do not go after him if the pass is fully garrisoned, but only if it is weakly garrisoned. — Sun Tzu

Art is the war against what we do not choose to feel. It's the battle of color, words, sound, and shape, and it rages for or against love. — Tarryn Fisher

The Art of War is self-explanatory — Sun Tzu

Strategy is the most important department of the art of war, and strategical skill is the highest and rarest function of military genius. — George Stillman Hillard

Ignorant of the arts of luxury, the primitive Romans had improved the science of government and war. — Edward Gibbon

If not in the interests of the state, do not act. If you cannot succeed, do not use troops. If you are not in danger, do not fight. — Sun Tzu