Art Quotes - random
Jazz is the false liquidation of art — instead of utopia becoming reality it disappears from the picture.
I have been accused of being a joker. But the most successful art to me involves humor.
A wasp in a wig is altogether beyond the appliances of art.
Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness. I don't think an artist can ever be happy.
The artist is not the transcriber of the world, he is its rival.
Acting is merely the art of keeping a large number of people from coughing.
Water Lilies is an extention of my life. Without the water, the lilies cannot live, as I am without art.
Foster peace in your own life and then apply the Art to all that you encounter.
Art advances by self-mutilation of the artist.
A beautiful lady is an accident of nature. A beautiful old lady is a work of art.
"I always want to design a frame that’s open to everyone. I don’t see art as a secret code."
Art hath an enemy call'd ignorance.
"My work has always been political, because the choice of being an artist is political in China."
It is a great art to saunter.
Great art should come from the harmony of two lines.
Every artist was first an amateur.
The motto of modern art is freedom...real freedom.
Thou art unseen, but yet I hear thy shrill delight.
Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction.
Art may make a suit of clothes; but nature must produce a man.