Nothing right can be accomplished in art without enthusiasm. Robert Schumann
Nothing right can be accomplished in art without enthusiasm.Arts and ArtistsQuotations by Robert Schumann
Year: 2008
The effort of art is to keep what is interesting in existence, to recreate it in the eternal. George Santayana
The effort of art is to keep what is interesting in existence, to recreate it in the eternal.Arts and ArtistsQuotations by George Santayana
Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth. George Sand
Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth.Arts and ArtistsQuotations by George Sand
What better way to prove that you understand a subject than to make money out of it? Harold Rosenberg
What better way to prove that you understand a subject than to make money out of it?Arts and ArtistsQuotations by Harold Rosenberg
Art, whose honesty must work through artifice, cannot avoid cheating truth. Laura Riding
Art, whose honesty must work through artifice, cannot avoid cheating truth.Arts and ArtistsQuotations by Laura Riding
He bores me. He ought to have stuck to his flying machine. [On Leonardo Da Vinci] Pierre Auguste Renoir
He bores me. He ought to have stuck to his flying machine. [On Leonardo Da Vinci]Arts and ArtistsQuotations by Pierre Auguste Renoir
Art is too serious to be taken seriously. Ad Reinhardt
Art is too serious to be taken seriously.Arts and ArtistsQuotations by Ad Reinhardt
The perfection of art is to conceal art. Edgar Quinet
The perfection of art is to conceal art.Arts and ArtistsQuotations by Edgar Quinet
A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left. Marcel Proust
A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left.Arts and ArtistsQuotations by Marcel Proust
The hidden harmony is better than the obvious. Alexander Pope
The hidden harmony is better than the obvious.Arts and ArtistsQuotations by Alexander Pope
Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth. Pablo Picasso
Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth.Arts and ArtistsQuotations by Pablo Picasso
Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. Pablo Picasso
Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.Arts and ArtistsQuotations by Pablo Picasso
If I spit, they will take my spit and frame it as great art. Pablo Picasso
If I spit, they will take my spit and frame it as great art.Arts and ArtistsQuotations by Pablo Picasso
Through art we express our conception of what nature is not. Pablo Picasso
Through art we express our conception of what nature is not.Arts and ArtistsQuotations by Pablo Picasso
The people who make art their business are mostly impostors. Pablo Picasso
The people who make art their business are mostly impostors.Arts and ArtistsQuotations by Pablo Picasso
Wherever art appears, life disappears. Francis Picabia
Wherever art appears, life disappears.Arts and ArtistsQuotations by Francis Picabia
What distinguishes modern art from the art of other ages is criticism. Octavio Paz
What distinguishes modern art from the art of other ages is criticism.Arts and ArtistsQuotations by Octavio Paz
Art is a form of catharsis. Dorothy Parker
Art is a form of catharsis.Arts and ArtistsQuotations by Dorothy Parker
Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life. Novalis
Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.Arts and ArtistsQuotations by Novalis
The artist belongs to their work, not the work to the artist. Novalis
The artist belongs to their work, not the work to the artist.Arts and ArtistsQuotations by Novalis
We have art in order not to die of the truth. Friedrich Nietzsche
We have art in order not to die of the truth.Arts and ArtistsQuotations by Friedrich Nietzsche
Art raises its head where creeds relax. Friedrich Nietzsche
Art raises its head where creeds relax.Arts and ArtistsQuotations by Friedrich Nietzsche
To speak of morals in art is to speak of legislature in sex. Art is the sex of the imagination. George Jean Nathan
To speak of morals in art is to speak of legislature in sex. Art is the sex of the imagination.Arts and ArtistsQuotations by George Jean …
Art is the final cunning of the human soul which would rather do anything than face the gods. Iris Murdoch
Art is the final cunning of the human soul which would rather do anything than face the gods.Arts and ArtistsQuotations by Iris Murdoch
If I didn’t start painting, I would have raised chickens. Grandma Moses
If I didn’t start painting, I would have raised chickens.Arts and ArtistsQuotations by Grandma Moses
Art is man’s expression of his joy in labor. William Morris
Art is man’s expression of his joy in labor.Arts and ArtistsQuotations by William Morris
Art teaches nothing, except the significance of life. Henry Miller
Art teaches nothing, except the significance of life.Arts and ArtistsQuotations by Henry Miller
A man paints with his brains and not with his hands. Michelangelo
A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.Arts and ArtistsQuotations by Michelangelo
Caricature is rough truth. George Meredith
Caricature is rough truth.Arts and ArtistsQuotations by George Meredith
Ads are the cave art of the twentieth century. Marshall Mcluhan
Ads are the cave art of the twentieth century.Arts and ArtistsQuotations by Marshall Mcluhan
Nature is a revelation of God; Art a revelation of man. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Nature is a revelation of God; Art a revelation of man.Arts and ArtistsQuotations by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Art is the objectification of feeling. Suzanne K. Langer
Art is the objectification of feeling.Arts and ArtistsQuotations by Suzanne K. Langer
In art there are tears that lie too deep for thought. Louis Kronenberger
In art there are tears that lie too deep for thought.Arts and ArtistsQuotations by Louis Kronenberger
The more minimal the art, the more maximum the explanation. Hilton Kramer
The more minimal the art, the more maximum the explanation.Arts and ArtistsQuotations by Hilton Kramer
An artist is forced by others to paint out of his own free will. Willem De Kooning
An artist is forced by others to paint out of his own free will.Arts and ArtistsQuotations by Willem De Kooning
The more horrifying this world becomes, the more art becomes abstract. Paul Klee
The more horrifying this world becomes, the more art becomes abstract.Arts and ArtistsQuotations by Paul Klee
Art does not reproduce the visible; rather, it makes visible. Paul Klee
Art does not reproduce the visible; rather, it makes visible.Arts and ArtistsQuotations by Paul Klee
Art, that great undogmatized church. Ellen Key
Art, that great undogmatized church.Arts and ArtistsQuotations by Ellen Key
In free society art is not a weapon. Artists are not engineers of the soul. John F. Kennedy
In free society art is not a weapon. Artists are not engineers of the soul.Arts and ArtistsQuotations by John F. Kennedy
Irresponsibility is part of the pleasure of all art; it is the part the schools cannot recognize. Pauline Kael
Irresponsibility is part of the pleasure of all art; it is the part the schools cannot recognize.Arts and ArtistsQuotations by Pauline Kael