Art Quotes

Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of art.

'Crazy' is a term of art; 'Insane' is a term of law. Remember that, and you will save yourself a lot of trouble.

And the first rude sketch that the world had seen was joy to his mighty heart, till the Devil whispered behind the leaves 'It's pretty, but is it Art?'

When one loves one's Art no service seems too hard.

Art is our chief means of breaking bread with the dead.

Art is why I get up in the morning but my definition ends there. You know I don't think its fair that I'm living for something I can't even define.

In Art, man reveals himself and not his objects.

Movies are so rarely great art that if we cannot appreciate great trash we have very little reason to be interested in them.

I say that democracy can never prove itself beyond cavil, until it founds and luxuriantly grows its own forms of art, poems, schools, theology, displacing all that exists, or that has been produced anywhere in the past, under opposite influences.

Homer has taught all other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.

The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science.

Good art provides people with a vocabulary about things they can't articulate.

Personality is essential. It is in every work of art. When someone walks on stage for a performance and has charisma, everyone is convinced that he has personality. I find that charisma is merely a form of showmanship. Movie stars usually have it. A politician has to have it.

Art is the proper task of life.

As I grew older, I realized that it was much better to insist on the genuine forms of nature, for simplicity is the greatest adornment of art.

Be true to yourself. Make each day a masterpiece. Help others. Drink deeply from good books. Make friendship a fine art. Build a shelter against a rainy day.

I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be ignorance, and affection to be art.

The most powerful words in English are 'Tell me a story,' words that are intimately related to the complexity of history, the origins of language, the continuity of the species, the taproot of our humanity, our singularity, and art itself.

Patience is the art of hoping.

We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth, at least the truth that is given to us to understand.