Art Quotes
Persons of genius, and those who are most capable of art, are always most fond of nature: as such are chiefly sensible, that all art consists in the imitation and study of nature.
Still follow sense, of ev'ry art the soul, Parts answering parts shall slide into a whole.
Learn from the birds what food the thickets yield; Learn from the beasts the physic of the field; The arts of building from the bee receive; Learn of the mole to plow, the worm to weave.
How loved, how honored once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot A heap of dust alone remains of thee 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be!
D'Artagnan, my friend, thou art brave, thou art prudent, thou hast excellent qualities, but- women will destroy thee!" -D'Artagnan
Of late years (perhaps as a result of our political changes) art has borrowed from history more than ever.
Art changes all the time, but it never "improves." It may go down, or up, but it never improves as technology and medicine improve.
Our little systems have their day; They have their day and cease to be… And thou, O Lord, art more than they.
So I find every pleasant spot In which we two were wont to meet, The field, the chamber, and the street, For all is dark where thou art not
The human body is an instrument for the production of art in the life of the human soul.
A work is not art until enough noise has been made about it and someone rich comes along and buys it.
In the world of dreams, I have chosen my part. To sleep for a season and hear no word Of true love's truth or of light love's art, Only the song of a secret bird.
Even in times when it's difficult to figure out, how do you go forward, art - and books - always help
All of those art-based fields are similar in that they're all hard to make a living in and they all require an intense amount of training and discipline.
I'm just really interested in the interface of the individual with the collective. I think that's where the arts live.
I actually got into music because of art and because of skateboarding: All those graphics and punk bands and fanzines - they were glued together in my brain.
It's often said that leadership is the art of getting people to do what you want, and making them think it's what they want. This captures a lot of what Abraham Lincoln did.
You can choose to be mad in a negative way where it fuels you to do mean, hateful things, or you can let your madness fuel your art and channel it in a positive way.
Macey couldn't decide whether to be intrigued that Hale was walking around with a state-of-the-art covert communications device or be jealous because she'd been caught without one of her own.
Photography is better than art. It is a solar phenomenon in which the artist collaborates with the sun.
It is my hope that photography may fall in line with all the other arts and with her infinite possibilities, do things strange and more fascinating than the most fantastic dreams.
Why should not the camera artist break away from the worn out conventions and claim the freedom of expression which any art must have to be alive.
I'm kind of a pop balladeer because I love the art of storytelling. I call myself 'HBO for the ears'; I sing little movies.
On many days, harder than the act of making the art itself is the act of sharing it and living in a culture that you know is built to tear you down.
I had very literal parents and I wanted to survive with metaphor and art, and there was a real sense of shame around it.
We must stop chasing dollars, stop lying, stop cheating, stop ignoring art, literature, and all the refining agencies and instrumentalities of civilization.
A cheap and easy cynicism rails at everything. The master of the art accomplishes the formidable task of discrimination.
Finance is the art or science of managing revenues and resources for the best advantage of the manager
MAGIC, n. An art of converting superstition into coin. There are other arts serving the same high purpose, but the discreet lexicographer does not name them.
Someone told me once that to create true art you must be willing to bleed and let others watch.
Great emotion always tends to become rhythmic, and out of that tendency the forms of art have been evolved. Art becomes artificial only when the forms take precedence over the emotion.
It's not communism, it's shouldn't be that everybody gets a try no matter how good or bad they are. It's our profession and our art, so we should eventually strive to be working with the best people.
Some jobs you do - maybe you don't - are jobs that pay mortgages and some are art and I don't care about not being paid on those.
I've never really dreamed of owning a home. I don't think you go into the arts and also dream of owning a home.