Art Quotes

Welcome to the world of art quotes! Here you will certainly find a collection of motivating and also provocative quotes from a few of the world's most popular artists. Whether you're seeking a quote to encourage you in your creative undertakings, or just wish to be motivated by the words of wonderful artists, you'll locate something here to trigger your creative imagination. Discover our collection of quotes from painters, sculptors, professional photographers, as well as a lot more, and find the excellent quote to share your creative vision.
Small: The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook - William James
William James
"The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook"
William James, Philosopher
Small: Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage - H. L. Mencken
H. L. Mencken
"Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage"
H. L. Mencken, Writer
Small: Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of art - Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright
"Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of art"
Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect
Small: The moment you think you understand a great work of art, its dead for you - Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde
"The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
Small: Advertising is the art of making whole lies out of half truths - Edgar A. Shoaff
"Advertising is the art of making whole lies out of half truths"
Edgar A. Shoaff
Small: Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a metaphysical supplement to the reality
Friedrich Nietzsche
"Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a metaphysical supplement to the reality of nature, placed alongside thereof for its conquest"
Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher
Small: The mother art is architecture. Without an architecture of our own we have no soul of our own civilization - F
Frank Lloyd Wright
"The mother art is architecture. Without an architecture of our own we have no soul of our own civilization"
Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect
Small: Art is exalted above religion and race. Not a single solitary soul these days believes in the religions of the
Emil Nolde
"Art is exalted above religion and race. Not a single solitary soul these days believes in the religions of the Assyrians, the Egyptians and the Greeks... Only their art, whenever it was beautiful, stands proud and exalted, rising above all time"
Emil Nolde, Artist
Small: It is the glory and good of Art, That Art remains the one way possible Of speaking truth, to mouths like mine
"It is the glory and good of Art, That Art remains the one way possible Of speaking truth, to mouths like mine at least"
Robert Browning Hamilton, Writer
Small: For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity to exist, a certain physiological precondition is indispe
Friedrich Nietzsche
"For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity to exist, a certain physiological precondition is indispensable: intoxication"
Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher
Small: Art has a double face, of expression and illusion, just like science has a double face: the reality of error a
Publilius Syrus
"Art has a double face, of expression and illusion, just like science has a double face: the reality of error and the phantom of truth"
Publilius Syrus, Poet
Small: Good humor isnt a trait of character, it is an art which requires practice - David Seabury
"Good humor isn't a trait of character, it is an art which requires practice"
David Seabury, Psychologist
Small: I dont need the money, dear. I work for art - Maria Callas
Maria Callas
"I don't need the money, dear. I work for art"
Maria Callas, Musician
Small: Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one - Stella Adler
Stella Adler
"Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one"
Stella Adler, Actress
Small: Now will I rehearse before you a very ancient Breton Lay. As the tale was told to me, so, in turn, will I tell
"Now will I rehearse before you a very ancient Breton Lay. As the tale was told to me, so, in turn, will I tell it over again, to the best of my art and knowledge. Hearken now to my story, its why and its reason"
Marie de France, Poet
Small: My goal is to be one with the music. I just dedicate my whole life to this art - Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix
"My goal is to be one with the music. I just dedicate my whole life to this art"
Jimi Hendrix, Musician
Small: Thou art my single day, God lends to leaven What were all earth else, with a feel of heaven - Robert Browning
"Thou art my single day, God lends to leaven What were all earth else, with a feel of heaven"
Robert Browning Hamilton, Writer
Small: The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude - Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Nietzsche
"The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude"
Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher
Small: We have art in order not to die of the truth - Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Nietzsche
"We have art in order not to die of the truth"
Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher
Small: I do not know what the spirit of a philosopher could more wish to be than a good dancer. For the dance is his
Friedrich Nietzsche
"I do not know what the spirit of a philosopher could more wish to be than a good dancer. For the dance is his ideal, also his fine art, finally also the only kind of piety he knows, his "divine service.""
Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher
Small: Admiration for a quality or an art can be so strong that it deters us from striving to possess it - Friedrich
Friedrich Nietzsche
"Admiration for a quality or an art can be so strong that it deters us from striving to possess it"
Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher
Small: Art raises its head where creeds relax - Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Nietzsche
"Art raises its head where creeds relax"
Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher
Small: Art is the proper task of life - Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Nietzsche
"Art is the proper task of life"
Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher
Small: Space is the breath of art - Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright
"Space is the breath of art"
Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect
Small: Art for arts sake is a philosophy of the well-fed - Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright
"Art for art's sake is a philosophy of the well-fed"
Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect
Small: Theres no art to find the minds construction in the face - William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
"There's no art to find the mind's construction in the face"
William Shakespeare, Dramatist
Small: The course of Nature is the art of God - Edward Young
Edward Young
"The course of Nature is the art of God"
Edward Young, Poet
Small: The biggest problem with every art is by the use of appearance to create a loftier reality - Johann Wolfgang V
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
"The biggest problem with every art is by the use of appearance to create a loftier reality"
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Writer
Small: Personality is everything in art and poetry - Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
"Personality is everything in art and poetry"
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Writer
Small: It is after all the greatest art to limit and isolate oneself - Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
"It is after all the greatest art to limit and isolate oneself"
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Writer
Small: In art the best is good enough - Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
"In art the best is good enough"
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Writer
Small: He who possesses art and science has religion he who does not possess them, needs religion - Johann Wolfgang V
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
"He who possesses art and science has religion; he who does not possess them, needs religion"
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Writer
Small: Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life - Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde
"Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
Small: What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do, is to revive the old art of Lying - Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde
"What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do, is to revive the old art of Lying"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
Small: It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection - Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde
"It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
Small: It is only an auctioneer who can equally and impartially admire all schools of art - Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde
"It is only an auctioneer who can equally and impartially admire all schools of art"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
Small: I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share
Oscar Wilde
"I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
Small: Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known - Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde
"Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
Small: All art is quite useless - Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde
"All art is quite useless"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
Small: A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament - Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde
"A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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