Art Life Quotes
Art does imitate life, it has to come from somewhere. To put boundaries and limitations on it doesn't make a lot of sense to me.
The life of the arts is far from an interruption, a distraction, in the life of a nation, is close to the center of a nation's purpose-and is a test of the quality of a nations' civilization.
Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates life.
In an artwork you're always looking for artistic decisions, so an ashtray is perfect. An ashtray has got life and death.
Consider when thou art much vexed or grieved, that man's life is only a moment, and after a short time we are all laid out dead.
You don't make art after you become an artist. You become an artist by ceaselessly making art.
Selfness is an essential fact of life. The thought of nonselfness, precise sameness is terrifying.
My age and health will never allow me to realize the dream of art I've been pursuing all my life.
A sad fact of life lately at the Museum of Modern Art is that when it comes to group shows of contemporary painting from the collection, the bar has been set pretty low.
Truthfullness to life-both fantasy life and factual life-is the basis of all great art.
...A traveller is to be reverenced as such. His profession is the best symbol of our life. Going from - toward; it is the history of every one of us. It is a great art to saunter.
The art of life, of a poet's life, is, not having anything to do, to do something.
What one does in one's art, that is the breath of one's being. What one does in one's life, that is a bagatelle for the outsiders to fuss about.
Doing a life study while drunk and in the process of being seduced is never a formula for quality art.
Whoe'er thou art, thy Lord and master see, Thou wast my Slave, thou art, or thou shalt be.
Throughout my life I have taken detours in acting and writing, but art remains my abiding passion.
New York is a great place to be fed in the arts. The arts in general are a large part of my life. The city was my postgraduate course.
Nothing will enrich your life as much as the appreciation of art. If you want to 'Live Rich', you have to - absolutely have to - include art in your life.
Life in itself is short enough, but the physicians with their art, know to their amusement, how to make it still shorter.
You turn your life into a work of art in order to redeem the ordinariness - a condition you are stuck with.
That kind of pursuit is not beneficial to mankind: art for self aggrandizement at the cost of love.
Making the choice to exercise compassion is an expression of Love for Humanity and Life itself.
Why does man need bread? To survive. But why survive if it is only to eat more bread? To live is more than just to sustain life - it is to enrich, and be enriched by, life.
I've realized I don't need to keep looking for my path. I'm already on it. I just need to trust where it leads.
We need heroes, however outlandish, because although we might not be slaying real dragons, we all have our quests.
In moments of prayer, people tend to pose as a critic and point out perceived flaws in God's art.
Never look back. The past is done. The future is a blank canvas. Work on creating a masterpiece. Only you have the power to make your painting beautiful.
