Art Quotes

Theatre takes place all the time - wherever one is - and art simply facilitates persuading one this is the case.

Drawing is the cornerstone of the graphic, plastic arts. Drawing is the coordination of line, tone, and color symbols into formations that express the artist's thought.

Art, of course, is a way of thinking, a way of mining reality.

A man practices the art of adventure when he breaks the chain of routine.

Pie throwing is kind of a lost art, and although it may be a rather rudimentary, burlesque humor, there's something inherently funny about taking a pie in the face, under the right conditions.

When we venture beyond the edge of our knowledge, all we have is art.

Genius is the ability to see things invisible, to manipulate things intangible, to paint things that have no features

Art in its perfection is not ostentatious; it lies hid and works its effect, itself unseen.

Everywhere there is craft and technique; everywhere there is artistry and form. Art itself, technique, is ponderous and clumsy, and because of its awkwardness it obstructs that inner element.

The real art of governing consists, so far as possible, in doing nothing.

I think jazz and comic books are probably the two uniquely American art forms.

Anyone who reads a book with a sense of obligation does not understand the art of reading.

I live with the things that I love: art, furniture, and objects that I have collected throughout my travels.

You have to be polite with your friends and your family, but in your art, it's important to not be polite.

I started doing roles and working with people that I really respected and became passionate about the art form of acting. And I'm still trying to figure it out. Still learning.

In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool.

Language was not given to man: he seized it.

There is tragic evidence to show that the paintings at the French prehistoric art sites are deteriorating.

A fine artist is one who makes familiar things new and new things familiar.

Opera is one of the most important art forms. It should be listened to and appreciated by everyone.

Art demands of us that we shall not stand still.

As it grows ever more complicated today, musical art seeks out combinations more dissonant, stranger, and harsher for the ear. Thus, it comes ever closer to the noise-sound.

I don’t know about art but I know what I like.

The artist does not really create; he discovers.

The main thing Karate offers to me is a philosophy of life. The philosophy of Karate is respect and discipline. You give 100% of whatever you do, in every activity.

Inspire me with love for my art and for thy creatures. In the sufferer let me see only the human being.

Within ten days thou wilt seem a god to those to whom thou art now a beast and an ape, if thou wilt return to thy principles and the worship of reason.

But what is art other than revealing human nature?

Art should be waged like war.

As a comic book artist, once you become a master, you end up a slave. In fine art you're always free... since I couldn't make it at Marvel, I made my life a carnival.

I have supported my deviations with reasons; I did not stop at mere doubt; I have vanquished, I have uprooted, I have destroyed everything in my heart that might have interfered with my pleasure.

Seek art from every time and place, in any form, to connect with those who really move you.

What are you? What am I? Those are the questions that constantly persecute and torment me and perhaps also play some part in my art.

Sketching is the breath of art: it is the most refreshing of all the more impulsive forms of creative self-expression and, as such, it should be as free, and happy, as a song in the bath.

Let whoever may have attained to so much as to have the power of drawing know that he holds a great treasure.

Rather than go to the gym, I would prefer to do martial arts because the time goes by quicker

I was in jail four and a half years. When I came out, I continued the same struggle against injustice, but instead of using weapons, I began to use art and cinema.

INSTRUCTORS CAN impart a fraction of the teaching. It is through your own devoted practice that the mysteries of the Art of Peace are brought to life.

Necessities can be many, but the one that is stronger is that which constrains you to win or to die.

I wasn't very aware of pop music because I attended an arts school. For me, it was all about jazz.

The greatest respect an artist can pay to music is to give it life.

The hidden harmony is better than the obvious.

Painting is stronger than me, it makes me do it's bidding.

To me there is no past or future in art. If a work of art does not live in the present, it must not be considered at all.

Everything is a miracle. It is a miracle that one does not dissolve in one's bath like a lump of sugar.

I never calculate. That is why those who do, calculate so much less accurately than I.

I draw like other people bite their nails.

Design and color are not distinct and separate. As one paints, one draws. The more the colors harmonize, the more the design takes form. When color is at it's richest, form is at its fullest.

Drawing is the art of taking a line for a walk.

Trash has given us an appetite for art.