Art Quotes - random
The activity of art is... as important as the activity of language itself, and as universal.
As a work of art it has the same status as a long conversation between two not very bright drunks...
If art is to survive it must describe and express people, their lives and times.
Like art and politics, gangsterism is a very important avenue of assimilation into society.
Abstract art.. searches for new ways to achieve harmony and equilibrium.
Learn the art of Silence ; the wise Man that holds his Tongue, says more than the Fool who speaks.
One cannot create an art that speaks to me when one has nothing to say.
One must be a living man and a posthumous artist.
The most momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or to evil.
All art preserves mysteries which aesthetic philosophers tackle in vain.
Aesthetic value is often the by-product of the artist striving to do something else.
Most arts have produced miracles, while the art of government has produced nothing but monsters.
Homer has taught all other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.
Art is man's nature; nature is God's art.
All art is contemporary, if it's alive. And if it's not alive, what's the point of it?
Art attracts us only by what it reveals of our most secret self.
Randy Jackson: "Madonna knows the business and her art better than anyone."
If you ask me what I came to do in this world, I, an artist, I will answer you: I am here to live out loud!
(art is) a means to function thoroughly and passionately in a world that has a lot more to it than paint.
Art should help you to navigate the real challenges of being a human being.