Quotes About Art

The most important lesson I received from Conceptual art consisted in the recording of simple and obvious things, and viewing them under a whole new light.

The art of today is that which really belongs to us: it is our own reflection. In condemning it we but condemn ourselves.

A woman is fascinated not by art but by the noise made by those in the field.

Cartooning at its best is a fine art. I'm a cartoonist who works in the medium of animation, which also allows me to paint my cartoons.

What is a woman? I assure you, I do not know ... I do not believe that anybody can know until she has expressed herself in all the arts and professions open to human skill.

I assumed from the outset that photography was already art, and that I and other people working in photography were artists. I understand now that this was a minority point of view.

Im always trying to find connections between things. That art is the juxtaposition of a lot of things that seem unrelated but add up to something recognizable.

Art sweeps the everyday dust from your soul.

Art teaches us to see into things. Folk art and kitsch allow us to see outward from within things.

I don't really believe in 'directions' in art; the rope twists as you follow it, that's all.

The resolution of conflict in self is like the making one of opposites in art.

The connoisseur of art must be able to appreciate what is simply beautiful, but the common run of people is satisfied with ornament.

It is not I that am drawing, it is this thing at the end of my hand.

Art is the conveyance of spirit by means of matter.

I paint; I draw and paint - I've been doing that since I was in third grade, drawing realistically and then changing to abstract art. That was my first creative thing before guitar or comedy.

I got my diploma from Ealing College of Art, in graphics and illustration.

All art is in the last analysis an endeavor to condense as out of the flying vapor of the world an image of human perfection, and for its own and not for the art's sake.

In order to play musically you have to learn the art of exaggerating.

The wounded surgeon plies the steel That questions the distempered part; Beneath the bleeding hands we feel The sharp compassion of the healer's art Resolving the enigma of the fever chart.

Drawing is the basis of art. A bad painter cannot draw. But one who draws well can always paint.

An art which isn't based on feeling isn't an art at all... feeling is the principle, the beginning and the end; craft, objective, technique - all these are in the middle.

Art can't be compared with journalism; it can't deal with concrete issues.

The musical has always been in jeopardy - until - or was in jeopardy until it was realised that it is probably the safest living theatre art form.

I think it's always difficult to reconcile the needs of art and business.