Art Quotes

I think there's one thing which distinguishes our art - we don't consider. We don't think. We write a little verse because it comes to us.

Writing, like any art, is a continuing process of discovering the infinite possibilities of Life.

My parents wanted to light my artistic candle. But over time, the definition of 'the arts' began to stretch. And as I got older, they suddenly realized, Oh, my God, we're the parents of Iggy Pop.

Music is the only art that actually lives.

In some parts of the world, you get scrutinized for saying the wrong thing about art and in other regions, you get scrutinized for saying nothing at all.

The true artist is quite rational as well as imaginative and knows what he is doing; if he does not, his art suffers.

Whatever you do in life, there's content and form; only those two put together create special meaning of a great work of art or great interpretation of music or a great story that you tell.

Love-making is an art which must be studied.

I really love fan art, which I get sent a lot of. I really, really get a lot of. I get a kick out of it.

Perilous to us all are the devices of an art deeper than we possess ourselves.

The bottom line is we must get off our duff and make an effort to succeed. Trust me on this, when you see someone successful in any of the arts they have been willing to make an extra effort.

I love the way art moves people emotionally. I love the fact that when someone purchases art it is the one thing that will last for generations.

Say a prayer for the pretender, who started out so young and strong only to surrender.

In love-making, as in other arts, those who do it best cannot tell how it is done.

In documentary films, being able to be a storytelling and embrace film as an art form - while being very clearly connected in trying to help make the world a better place - is really important to me.

Art happens-no hovel is safe from it, no prince may depend upon it, the vastest intelligence cannot bring it about.

Listen! There was never an artistic period. There was never an art-loving nation.

Art doesn't exist if you just do what you're told. It only exists as an exercise of individual taste and freedom.

No one has to give you permission to make music or make art.

The unavoidable kiss, where the minty fresh death breath is sure to outlast his catastrophe.

There was very little art in my childhood.

The art of genius is knowing how far out is too far.

Logic is the art of making truth prevail.

My time of martial arts was traditional.

I don't think I've succeeded in making any really good films. There are moments, scenes, whole movements that sing. It has all added up to a cinema of sorts, even though I'm still learning my art.

If art, all art, is concerned with truth, then a society in denial will not find much use for it.

There's no such thing as autobiography, there's only art and lies

Exceptional people deserve special concessions.

I don't need to be everywhere because my art pieces can talk for themselves.

There's a lot of different kinds of success. I'm so dedicated to the making of the art that the rest of my life atrophies, unfortunately.

What do I do to live? What do I do to be vital? The answer is always creativity; the answer is always art.

Only after several years of training did I come to realize that the deepest purpose of the martial arts is to serve as a vehicle for personal spiritual development.

Characters last. Beautiful writing lasts. A compelling narrative lasts. Art survives long after ideas go extinct.

A man of talent is not born to be left to himself, but to devote himself to art and good masters who will make something of him.

Give shape, artist! don't talk! Your poem be but a breath.

Individuality of expression is the beginning and end of all art.

Imagine a painter crucified by his subject!

All art at a certain level is entertainment. We go to a tragedy by Sophocles to be entertained.

Talk is a pure art. Its only limits are the patience of listeners who, when they get tired, can always pay for their coffee or change it with a friendly waiter and walk out.

'T is woman that seduces all mankind; By her we first were taught the wheedling arts.

We believe that the cinema's capacity for getting around, for observing and selecting from life itself can be exploited in a new and vital art form

Poor France, thy fine climate, rich vineyards, and the wishes of the learned avail nothing; thou art a destitute beggar, and not the powerful friend thou wert represented to me.

Life doesn't imitate art...it is art!

It is vain to find fault with those arts of deceiving wherein men find pleasure to be deceived.

My life's a sequel to a movie where the actors' names have changed.

There is a definite argument to be made that videogames are becoming an art form put together by artists of different types.

It is excellent discipline for an author to feel that he must say all that he has to say in the fewest possible words, or his readers is sure to skip them.

The art of science is as important as so-called technical science. You need both. It's this combination that must be recognized and acknowledged and valued.

I think I would go further into fine arts, I think, if I were to continue.

We find the Works of Nature still more pleasant, the more they resemble those of art.