Quotes About Art

All art is but imitation of nature.

We have art in order not to die of the truth.

The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.

History repeats itself, but the special call of an art which has passed away is never reproduced. It is as utterly gone out of the world as the song of a destroyed wild bird.

Some say art is our highest form of hope. . . . Perhaps it's our only hope.

The future belongs to us. I think that art is a force that can change the world.

Writing is manual labor of the mind: a job, like laying pipe.

Picasso only registers the deformities which have not yet penetrated our consciousness. Art is a mirror which goes 'fast' like a watch - sometimes.

I think it's a very important function of art to challenge accepted reality, especially when that reality is created by powerful interest groups.

Dying Is an art, like everything else. I do it exceptionally well.

The real art is knowing what to leave out, not what to put in.

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

Illusions are art, for the feeling person, and it is by art that we live, if we do.

Where art thou, Muse, that thou forget'st so long / To speak of that which gives thee all thy might?

Our art is an adventure. It is a dream come true.

Dance is the stepchild of the arts.

Art is one of the sources through which the soul expresses itself and inspires others. But to express art thoroughly, one must have the inner emotions opened thoroughly.

I am against limitations like perspective. Perspective is illusion, it's the opposite of presence, and art is presence.

For his heart was in his work, and the heart giveth grace unto every art.

I say half jokingly that photography is the most difficult of the arts. It does require a certain arrogance to see and to choose. I feel myself walking on a tightrope instead of on the ground.

The art of the cuisine, when fully mastered, is the one human capability of which only good things can be said.

Maybe you can make art out of unredeemed pain, but only if you're a genius -- Dostoyevsky perhaps.

And since geometry is the right foundation of all painting, I have decided to teach its rudiments and principles to all youngsters eager for art. . .

I stand with Charlie Hebdo, as we all must, to defend the art of satire, which has always been a force for liberty and against tyranny, dishonesty and stupidity.