Art Quotes

Art functioning as propaganda is not art.

Selfness is an essential fact of life. The thought of nonselfness, precise sameness is terrifying.

If you want to explore, go do it. If you want to try different types of art, do it.

History and legend and art and romance meet and mingle to create that indefinable sorcery of Venice. It is like nothing on earth except a poet's dream.

Success is creating something original and lasting-whether it is a company, a work of art, an idea or analysis that influence others, or a happy and productive family.

Conquering the world with words, leading the children like herds.

History, with all her volumes vast, Hath but one page.

In general I do not draw well with literary men -- not that I dislike them but I never know what to say to them after I have praised their last publication.

Art and love survive war, revolution and death. Things continue. What we put into the earth while we are alive continues beyond us.

Let your deafness no longer be a secret - even in art.

Recommend virtue to your children, that alone - not wealth - can give happiness. It upholds in adversity and the thought of it and my art prevents me from putting an end to my life.

It is possible to suffer and despair an entire lifetime and still not give up the art of laughter.

Purity of life is the highest and truest art.

True art must be evidence of happiness, contentment and purity of its authors.

My sister is an artist and an interior designer. She went to high school for art. I went to high school for music.

Some teachers should be put in prison for the way they either take advantage of women in their classes or destroy fragile egos. Be careful who you ask to help you when you're in the arts.

An abstract painting need in 50 years by no means look "abstract" any longer.

I wanted to kill art for myself.. ..a new thought for that object.

No form of nature is inferior to art; for the arts merely imitate natural forms.

All things are changing; and thou thyself art in continuous mutation and in a manner in continuous destruction and the whole universe to.

Probabilities direct the conduct of the wise man.

In all great arts, as in trees, it is the height that charms us; we care nothing for the roots or trunks, yet it could not be without the aid of these.

Architecture is a science arising out of many other sciences, and adorned with much and varied learning; by the help of which a judgment is formed of those works which are the result of other arts.

Maybe in any art you have to be wholly you in the context of whatever you're doing.

Many artists have said that when life itself becomes fully conscious, art as we know it will vanish.

Survival is an art. It requires the dulling of the mind and the senses, and a delicate attunement to waiting, without insisting on precision about just what it is you are waiting for.

There's nothing more tragic than artists from the 70s still doing art from the 70s.

The art of prophecy is very difficult, especially with respect to the future.

Songwriting is a mysterious art. When I sit down to write a song, the end result should be mysterious and have this dark quality.

Music must be supported by the king and the princes, for the maintenance of the arts is their duty no less than the maintenance of the laws.

People have very specific opinions of comedy. Slapstick was an art form in the '20s and the lowest form of show business in the '50s. Who's right, who's wrong? Who's an idiot, who's not?

A richer present I design, A finished form, of work divine, Surpassing all the power of art; A thinking head, a grateful heart.

No one can say I married my husband for his money. I married him because he's a beautiful art object.

If you are going to break a Law of Art, make the crime interesting.

Self-deception is nature; hypocrisy is art.

In art, a dress is never just a dress; nor in life either.

In youth, love and art. In age, investments and antiques.

Art can make chaos seductive.

We worship the aesthetic, but we do not have faith in it.

Critics are more committed to the rules of art than artists are.

Rule of art: let half-blind purpose lead you.

As my uncle always says, 'If your vibe outweighs your substance, you're destined to be a novelty.' I think that is true in all art.

If I've grown as an artist, it will be represented in the art. There's no need to explain it.

Living well is an art that can be developed.

It's a divine art to be cheerful.

The brightest sun of the art always rises on the horizons of unhappiness.

Acting is like lying. The art of lying well. I'm paid to tell elaborate lies.

One of my favorite films is LATE SPRING by Yasujiro Ozu. To me, it represents film as art.

I think it's very important for any actor to eventually produce, and create the projects they want to create. I believe it's all a part of the same art form, which is storytelling.

Those who still think that listening isn’t an art should see if they can do it half as well.