Art Quotes

A true artist is practically married to his or her art form so I just couldn't turn my back on it.

When I got into the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, a doctor told me to give up the course as I'd be totally deaf within a couple of years. But I refused to give in.

Let us not satisfy ourselves with a knowledge of God in the mass; a glance upon a picture never directs you to the discerning the worth and art of it.

The art finds kingdoms in a foot of ground.

No art comes from the conscious mind.

You want to be a bit compulsive in your art or craft or whatever you do.

The art of illusion is grace itself.

I'm a huge boxing and mixed martial arts fan.

As one passion begins to fail it is necessary to form another, for the whole art of going through life tolerably is to keep oneself eager about anything.

Even luxuries are arranged according to ideas and ideals, to make them reflect as much of thought-life as possible - and this is Art.

I guess they call it suicide, but I'm to full to swallow my pride I can't stand losing you The Police Dying is an art, like everything else. I do it exceptionally well.

Trust not to friends and kindred, neither do thou put off the care of thy soul's welfare til hereafter; for men will sooner forget thee than thou art aware of.

Thou art my glory and the exultation of y heart: thou art my hope and refuge in the day of my trouble.

I enjoy doing martial arts films, but I like the straight stuff, too. I'd like to go back and do some Shakespeare, and maybe knock out a play or two. It's all about keeping balance.

I received my training at an art academy, so what I produce is art. That's what is artistic about my photographs.

Learn the art of the pitch and of messaging.

When you understand a species' art, you understand that species.

Art has a smaller audience than, say, movies or other forms of mass consumption. But that doesn't mean the work doesn't have an impact in a way that transcends just a few cultural arbiters.

Art doesn't spring from the muses alone, but from hard work.

A circle is the longest distance to same point.

Art cannot be subordinate to its subject, otherwise it is not art but biography.

People get frightened that success is going to take them out of life. They're no longer going to be on the corner of Bedlam and Squalor; life will only be something you can get through the mail.

Artists are prophets. They define the meaning of our lives and point the way.

Every child should try everything: sport, music, art, mathematics; they can do it all. Copying and competition are now seen as twin evils, but they are both useful tools.

I think that other people covering my work is really exciting... Im really open to that kind of thing because I think interpretation is an art form.

I'm a terrible cook, but if I could cook, I would see that in art as well, it's how much creative energy you put into something.

All artists are two-headed calves.

While most people in the arts think they have to be constantly looking forward to be edgy and creative....the real secret of creativity is to go back and remember.

if you want to create art, you'd best have a deep belief in yourself and no ulterior motives.

Skill in writing frees you to write what you want to write. It may also show you what you want to write. Craft enables art.

In art, 'good enough' is not good enough.

Great writing can be done in biography, history, art.

Better rooms better furniture, better objects d'art can only be created for a society interested in living - not existing.

Beauty is as useful as the useful. More so, perhaps. (Le beau est aussi utile que l'utile. Plus peut-etre.)

The hatred of luxury is not an intelligent hatred. It implies a hatred of arts.

Thou art relieved of thy duties!

I never spend more than one hour in a gallery. That is as long as one's power of appreciation persists.

I don't know if it's art, but I know I like it.

Every artist, as child of his age, is impelled to express the spirit of his age.

The art of acting is to be other than what you are.

The art of achievement is the art of making life - your life - a masterpiece.

Art amplifies voices on the margins-the views and opinions that power silences.

Religion and art spring from the same root and are close kin.

Is creativity some obscure, esoteric art form? Not on your life. It's the most practical thing a business-man can employ.

The Whole Business of Man is The Arts, & All Things Common.

Art degraded, Imagination denied.

Little fly, thy summer's play My thoughtless hand has brushed away. Am not I a fly like thee? Or art not thou a man like me? For I dance and drink and sing, Till some blind hand shall brush my wing!

The nation that will insist upon drawing a broad line of demarcation between the fighting man and the thinking man is liable to find its fighting done by fools and its thinking by cowards.

You've got to appreciate the things that come from the art of the Negro and from the heart of the man farthest down.

What a teacher needs to know about psychology "might almost be written on the palm of one's hand."