The Art Quotes
History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed; art has remembered the people, because they created.
Each painting has its own way of evolving. When the painting is finished, the subject reveals itself.
Some people never learn the art of compromise. Everything is either black or white. They do no recognize, or will not concede, that the equally important color gray is a mixture of black and white.
Your greatest creation is yourself. Like any great work of art, creating a great self means putting in hard work, every day, for years.
The genius of our country is improvisation, and jazz reflects that. It's our great contribution to the arts.
If a work of art or a new style disturbs you, then it is probably good work. If you hate it, it is probably great.
In martial arts, the biggest enemy is self. Inside you struggle because you want to prove something.
Architecture is an imposed art in some ways, imposed upon the public, so people must be sure about what you're doing. You have to be sure about what you're doing.
Sometimes I think creativity is magic; it's not a matter of finding an idea, but allowing the idea to find you.
It doesn't make much difference how the paint is put on as long as something has been said. Technique is just a means of arriving at a statement.
And luckily, therefore the good old days return. The traditional art of driving counts again, and it is all about good tactics, skills and reflexes instead of simple power.
All this angst, all this stuff we all feel, is just tied to making art. It's so ancient.
Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.
I believe that if it were left to artists to choose their own labels, most would choose none.
The art of acting is not to act. Once you show them more, what you show them, in fact is bad acting.
As we tap into the deep sources of bodily wisdom through creative art expression,we dance the renewal, recreation, and healing of ourselves and our world.
A piece of art is never a finished work. It answers a question which has been asked, and asks a new question.
Thought is more important than art....To revere art and have no understanding of the process that forces it into existence, is finally not even to understand what art is.
Strange—we are always inhabiting more than one realm of existence—but they all fit in if the art is right.
Acting is the art of speaking in a loud, clear voice and the avoidance of bumping into the furniture.
Abstract art has helped us to experience the emotional power inherent in pure form.
I believe in the time when we shall be able to create works of art in the Theatre without the use of the written play, without the use of actors.
Art that arises out of the inner landscape, and is connected to our lived experience, illuminates the darkness and heals the soul.
Wonder, and its expression in poetry and the arts, are among the most important things which seem to distinguish men from other animals, and intelligent and sensitive people from morons.
Art must touch our lives, our fears and cares – evoke our dreams and give hope to the darkness.
Art, to me, is the interpretation of the impression which nature makes upon the eye and brain.
All my life as an artist I have asked myself: What pushes me continually to make sculpture? I have found the answer. art is an action against death. It is a denial of death.
Great art has dreadful manners. The greatest paintings grab you in a headlock, rough up your composure, and then proceed in short order to re-arrange your reality.
The great art of life is how to turn the surplus life of the soul into life for the body.
Favorable and unfavorable conditions are part of living but smiling through them all is the Art of Living.
Karate aims to build character, improve human behavior, and cultivate modesty; it does not, however, guarantee it.
