Quotes About Art

Nothing can touch me now - I'm Jeff Koons and my art can defend me !

True art is made noble and religious by the mind producing it.

Art holds out the promise of inner wholeness.

If you do not bother to take the time to compose and to light properly, then you end up with something almost less than reality. You end up without the soul, the heart, the art of the moment.

The object of art is to make eternal the desperately fleeting moment.

The arts often realize human truths well before other branches of human endeavor.

An artist represents an oppressed people and makes revolution irresistible.

Art offers sanctuary to everyone willing to open their Hearts as well as their Eyes.

Seduction... was both a science and art - a blend of skill, discipline, proximity, and opportunity. Mostly proximity.

It is easy to take a photograph, but it is harder to make a masterpiece in photography than in any other art medium.

There are some things which cannot be learned, though they can be studied. Among them are the laws of art—and the lawlessness of it, as well.

Each living art object, taken out of its native habitat so we can conveniently gaze at it, is like an animal in a zoo. Something about it has died in the removal.

There is nothing so terrible as the pursuit of art by those who have no talent.

Whatever one considers art to be, there is in many people a hunger to express themselves creatively and to feel authentic in doing that.

Lying, the telling of beautiful untrue things, is the proper aim of Art.

Art for art's sake, with no purpose, for any purpose perverts art. But art achieves a purpose which is not its own. (1804)

Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how I get my kicks.

You really need faith in yourself to make art and to stand up for what you believe in.

Painting is by nature a luminous language.

Art forms that appeal to [leftists] tend to focus on ... defeat and despair ... as if there were no hope of accomplishing anything through rational calculation.

Art has the power to transform, to illuminate, to educate, inspire and motivate.

It's art. It's commerce. It's heartbreaking and it's fun. It's a great way to live.

I've been arrested a few times, but I've never been in real trouble. Because what I do is art and even if it is illegal, Art is a universal activity, and artists are generally respected.

I'm not an abstract artist; I leave that to others. To me, abstract art ended with Kazimir Malevich's 'Black Square.' To continue it is senseless.