Quotes About Art

Such is the never-failing beauty and accuracy of language, the most perfect art in the world; the chisel of a thousand years retouches it.

The sea, vast and wild as it is, bears thus the waste and wrecks of human art to its remotest shore. There is no telling what it may not vomit up.

Nature is mythical and mystical always, and works with the license and extravagance of genius. She has her luxurious and florid style as well as art.

Art may varnish and gild, but it can do no more.

But the eyes, though they are no sailors, will never be satisfied with any model, however fashionable, which does not answer all the requisitions of art.

The purpose of concept art as a genre is to unbrainwash our mathematical and logical faculties.

Art requires, above all things, a suppression of self, a subordination of one's self to an idea.

The practice of "reviewing"... in general has nothing in common with the art of criticism.

I'd like to rid myself of writing, to surrender, to release the venom. And hopefully at some point, I'll be a happy, well-adjusted guy and I'll have no need for all that 'art.'

The Christos-image is most difficult to disentangle from its art-craft junk-shop paint-and-plaster medieval jumble of pain-worship and death-symbol.

Ardent yet chill and formal, how I ache to tempt a chisel as a sculptor.

There must be real gods see, the painted gods how fair!

It's very hard to find artists in the history of western art who don't make portraiture ideological in some way.

Everything is inspiring! It could be fine art or a conversation I have with somebody!

My art has gained some high value.

Like any art, the creation of self is both natural and seemingly impossible. It requires training as well as magic.

Behold, on wrong Swift vengeance waits; and art subdues the strong.

The Muse gave the Greeks genius and the art of the well-turned phrase.

I think there is an evolving art taking place on Broadway.

Art cannot be above the battle.

I don't want to collect Indian art, though pots and beadwork and blankets made by Indians remain the most beautiful art objects in the American West, in my opinion.

I think it's very important for Arts Ministers to purchase art, to attend art, to validate art.

Run DMC brought us out of that underground-only feel. They brought rap above ground and made it respectable as an art form to mainstream music.

I don't feel that rap has been respected as an art form. Because people have seen rappers rap off the top of their heads, they don't think it is difficult.