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Art Quotes - random


An artist will betray himself by some sort of sincerity.
William Saroyan
There is only good and bad art.
Anais Nin
Passivity, like the passivity of India induced by religion, is destructive both to human life and to art.




Roger Ebert
Art is the closest we can come to understanding how a stranger really feels.
Julia Cameron
Art is not about thinking something up. It is the opposite — getting something down.
Jonathan Swift | Art Quotes
Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.
Ayn Rand
An artist reveals his naked soul in his work - and so, gentle reader, do you when you respond to it.
Ai Weiwei
"I think my stance and my way of life is my most important art."
Bruce Lee
His martial art skills made Lee arguably the greatest martial artist of his time — or any other.
William Whewell
In art, truth is a means to an end; in science, it is the only end.
Marcel Duchamp | Art Quotes
I wanted to kill art for myself… …a new thought for that object.




Anton Chekhov
The person who wants nothing, hopes for nothing, and fears nothing can never be an artist.
Martin Firrell
Art is like a fart for the soul. Better out than in.
Charles de Lint
Life’s like art. You have to work hard to keep it simple and still have meaning.
Wallace Stevens
The thinking of art seems final when
The thinking of god is smoky dew.
Edward Hopper | Art Quotes
Hopper is simply a bad painter, but if he were a better one, he would probably not be such a great artist.
L. Ron Hubbard
A culture is only as great as its dreams, and its dreams are dreamed by artists.
Ai Weiwei
"Everything is art. Everything is politics."
Henry James
In art economy is always beauty.
William Blake
Art can never exist without Naked Beauty displayed.


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