Quotes About Art

I'm not so sure that the value of art is all it is cracked up to be.

Art is never defect-free. Things that are remarkable never meet spec, because that would make them standardized, not worth talking about.

Art is a platform where self-expression should not be limited. I'm here to inspire. There is no age limit to that.

I have much to teach you. Come and learn the art of war from the one who invented it. (Takeshi)

Art school is a very difficult thing to run in a generous, humane way, because academic power is somehow very corrupting.

We lose ourselves in stories; that's the beauty of literary art.

Art is an attempt to give substance to existence.

The art isn't there to be purchased - it's there to be enjoyed.

Making art is an act of courage. Do you know who said that?

Art is not consciousness per se, but rather its antidote- evolved from within consciousness itself.

The idea of content in art is today merely a hindrance, a nuisance, a subtle or not so subtle philistinism.

Art is seduction, not rape.

... one of art photography's most vigorous enterprises--[is] concentrating on victims, on the unfortunate--but without the compassionate purpose that such a project is expected to serve.

Of course, in the art class, I was the model.

I'd live in a museum if I could. I used to spend hours and hours in the Museum of Modern Art.

Probably the deepest use of music and of art is to create conscience.

When comparing works of art, it is important that the art itself, and not the artists, be considered.

If I'm doing my job correctly, I'm presenting a scenario for you as the reader to engage with on your own. I mean that's what the best art is supposed to do.

I grew up going to museums. I was privileged to discover art and artists in a very personal way.

The laurels of an orator who is not a master of literary art wither quickly.

The Metropolitan Museum has all of our collections online, all our scholarly publications and catalogues since 1965. We have online features like the timeline of art history.

I had abandoned Catholicism, but even during my short militant atheist period I maintained an interest in western religious art and music.

Works of art should be stimulating. They should wake people up rather than acting like a sedative.

I collect art books. I have hundreds and hundreds of them and they get me to start hearing things. Sometimes people look at them, but I find that visual art gets me listening, gets me hearing things.