Quotes About Art

The art of poetry is to touch the passions, and its duty to lead them on the side of virtue.

Made poetry a mere mechanic art.

Forgot the blush that virgin fears impart To modest cheeks, and borrowed one from art.

To produce pure proletarian art the artist must be at one with the worker; this is impossible, not for political reasons, but because the artist never is at one with any public.

The writer's only responsibility is to his art.

You're an enemy of art and I pity your ignorance," Domingo said.

Gardening is an art form, but it has lost its sense of history.

Without English art, I never would have understood myself, my own family, or the New England world I lived in.

Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible to feelings as to sight?

O call not me to justify the wrong, That thy unkindness lays upon my heart, Wound me not with thine eye but with thy tongue, Use power with power, and slay me not by art.

O, had I but followed the arts!

Although my everyday artwork is tattoo oriented, I definitely do not try to limit my art or art mediums.

Tattooing is historical, cultural and a great form of art but it should always be safe for both the client and the tattoo practitioner.

Leave to the masters of art trained by a lifetime of devotion the wonderful process of picture-building and picture creation. Go out into the sunlight and be happy with what you see.

Directing is the ultimate way to bring together all the art forms I've been involved with over the years.

I'm really happy I was kicked out of CalArts (for a controversial art piece I made).

When I was just getting started making my own music, my dad said, "You should think about art, but also anti-art and non-art."

I think the most important thing is to establish myself as an actor. As much as it's a performing art, I'm not really a performer.

From my opinion, 'geisha' means a woman skilled in the arts. Like dancing, singing and playing musical instruments.

The artist's job is not to succumb to despair but to find an antidote for the emptiness of existence.

Calligraphy is a geometry of the soul which manifests itself physically.

For what is truth? In matters of religion, it is simply the opinion that has survived. In matters of science, it is the ultimate sensation. In matters of art, it is one's last mood.

The chief enemy of creativity is good sense.

Color is my daylong obsession, joy, and torment.