The Art Quotes

Art at its greatest is fantastically deceitful and complex.

It's easy to listen to what you are taught. But it's difficult to find what you have within yourself and master it as yor own.

A man who has attained mastery of an art reveals it in his every action.

It's hard to play with a bagpipe player. It's like an exotic bird. I love the sound, it's like strangling a goose.

As in nature, as in art, so in grace; it is rough treatment that gives souls, as well as stones, their luster.

Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.

Attack where he is unprepared; sally forth when he does not expect you.

Whoever is first in the field and awaits the coming of the enemy, will be fresh for the fight; whoever is second in the field and has to hasten to battle will arrive exhausted.

The music of Bach is without doubt the most sacred gift to the world of art.

Painting is an extension of man's means of communication. As such, it's pure, difficult, and wonderful.

Music stands in a much closer connection with pure sensation than any of the other arts.

Deception is a developed art of civilization and the most potent weapon in the game of power

Each museum is different - the collection is different, the context is different, the relationship between the art and architecture is different.

God put a secret art into the forces of Nature so as to enable it to fashion itself out of chaos into a perfect world system.

The secret of life is in art.

One might say that science itself, and civilization and art, are all about different orderings of the world - to contain it, and to make it in some sense intelligible, communicable. And bearable.

But always think this: do not be afraid of failure. Do not be afraid of falling. In the art of walking, what is important is not avoiding the fall but not remaining fallen.

For me, it's important to experience aesthetic shock, which sets in motion our imagination, our emotions, our feelings, and our thoughts. That's the purpose of a painting and of art in general.

The transformation of nature, a total fusion of science, art and technology in a sublime statement of human dignity and intelligence through the settlements we build for ourselves.

...music is sometimes the only benign avenue of communication between antagonists.

For an Impressionist to paint from nature is not to paint the subject, but to realize sensations.

A writer is, after all, only half his book. The other half is the reader and from the reader the writer learns.

I'm very happy to hear that my work inspires writers and painters. It's the most beautiful compliment, the greatest reward. Art should always be an exchange.

Art doesn't go to sleep in the bed made for it. It would sooner run away than say its own name: what it likes is to be incognito. Its best moments are when it forgets what its own name is.

In a sick world, it is the first duty of the artist to get well.

The real purpose of the martial arts must be to purge oneself of petty ambitions and desire, to obtain control of one’s own character.

Advice for a human 86. To like something is to insult it. Love it or hate it. Be passionate. As civilisation advances, so does indifference. It is a disease. Immunize yourself with art. And love.

I see marketing not only as a vital skill for small business success, but more importantly, as a vehicle to create art and connect deeply with and serve others to make the world a better place.

Astrology is not an art, it is a disease.

For me it remains an open question whether [this work] pertains to the realm of mathematics or to that of art.

Artists who have won fame are often embarrassed by it; thus their first works are often their best.

Life is the only art that we are required to practice without preparation, and without being allowed the preliminary trials, the failures and botches, that are essential for the training...

I would have artists be convinced that the supreme skill and art in painting consists in knowing how to use black and white... because it is light and shade that make objects appear in relief.

The art has to make it on its own, without explanations, and it’s the same for poetry. If the poem or the painting has to be explained, then it’s a failure in communication.

Mama, Mama, put me to bed I won’t make it home, I’m already half-dead I met an Invalid, and fell for his art He showed me his smile, and went straight for my heart.

The end of the trial and the 'not guilty' verdicts on all counts, clearing Michael of all charges, mean that he can now concentrate on the future and his art.

I think that limitations are the most important part of any art form

For astronomy is not only pleasant, but also very useful to be known: it cannot be denied that this art unfolds the admirable wisdom of God.

It’s one of my loose theories that Catholicism and art have gone well together because both believe in the physical manifestation of the spiritual world.

Desire is the motivating force behind all progress and advancement in science, art, industry and in all phases of life.

Shadow conceals—light reveals. To know what to reveal and what to conceal, and in what degrees to do this, is all there is to art.

The role of art for me is the visualization of attitude, of the human attitude towards life, towards the world.

A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament.

The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art.

An artist is somebody who produces things that people don't need to have.

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.

Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad.

Architecture is art, nothing else.

Patience is the art of concealing your impatience.

What art offers is space - a certain breathing room for the spirit.