Art Quotes - random
Art is the supreme task and the truly metaphysical activity in this life…
Leonardo is the Hamlet of art history whom each of us must recreate for himself.
In art economy is always beauty.
The artist begins with a vision — a creative operation requiring effort. Creativity takes courage.
No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.
I am a graphic artist heart and soul, though I find the term "artist" rather embarrassing.
It was Homer who gave laws to the artist.
One might say: art shows us the miracles of nature. It is based on the concept of the miracles of nature.
Art is the signature of civilizations.
“I don’t have to be a gentleman,” said Balzac. “I am an artist.”
Making... an art out of your technological life is the way to solve the problem of technology.
Among other ends, modern art is related to the ideal of Internationalism.
The great artist takes what he needs.
By words one transmits thoughts to another, by means of art, one transmits feelings.
The theory and practice of gamesmanship; or, The art of winning games without actually cheating.
Art is not a democracy. People don't get to vote on how it ends.
What strip-mining is to nature, the art market has become to culture.
The wealthy are always surrounded by hangers-on; science and art are as well.
The line between art and life should be kept as fluid, and perhaps indistinct, as possible.
Artists are mystics rather than rationalists. They leap to conclusions that logic cannot reach.