Art Quotes - random
Great art should come from the harmony of two lines.
He was the only man in Oxford among the masters of my day who knew anything of art.
The activity of art is... as important as the activity of language itself, and as universal.
Film will only become an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper.
Enjoyment of the work consists in participation in the creative state of the artist.
The function of art is to struggle against obligation.
Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life.
Most works of art are, necessarily, bad...; one suffers through the many for the few.
As my poor father used to say
In 1863,
Once people start on all this Art
Goodbye, moralitee!
An honest curator will admit that judgement is fallible, especially for art made yesterday.
Art should help you to navigate the real challenges of being a human being.
"I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art."
You might curb your magnanimity, and be more of an artist, and load every rift of your subject with ore.
An artist who theorizes about his work is no longer artist but critic.
It's rare that you see an artist in his 30s or 40s able to really contribute something amazing.
The superior artist is the one who knows how to be influenced. (1973)
"I’m not sure I’m good at art, but I find an escape in it."
The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure.
Pop Art is not painting because painting must have content and emotion.
A primitive artist is an amateur whose work sells.