Art Quotes

Small: Thirty-three-years-old, still creating art. Its rage, its creativity, its pain, its hurt, but its the opportun
Kanye West
"Thirty-three-years-old, still creating art. It's rage, it's creativity, it's pain, it's hurt, but it's the opportunity to still have my voice get out there through music"
Kanye West, Musician
Small: The concept of commercialism in the fashion and art world is looked down upon. You know, just to think, What a
Kanye West
"The concept of commercialism in the fashion and art world is looked down upon. You know, just to think, 'What amount of creativity does it take to make something that masses of people like?' And, 'How does creativity apply across the board?'"
Kanye West, Musician
Small: Ive been slagged off completely by the art world
"I've been slagged off completely by the art world"
Tracey Emin, Artist
Small: Broad paths are open to every endeavour, and a sympathetic recognition is assured to every one who consecrates
"Broad paths are open to every endeavour, and a sympathetic recognition is assured to every one who consecrates his art to the divine services of a conviction of a consciousness"
Franz Liszt, Composer
Small: If the work of art is to continue pursuing the vision of both being in and of the world but nevertheless in so
"If the work of art is to continue pursuing the vision of both being in and of the world but nevertheless in some fashion being more than just one more object to the mounting clutter, this is the specific point, I think, where this must be assured"
Brian Ferneyhough, Composer
Small: For me art and chess are closely related, both are forms in which the self finds beauty and expression
"For me art and chess are closely related, both are forms in which the self finds beauty and expression"
Vladimir Kramnik, Celebrity
Small: There would seem to be a limit, even for an art preoccupied with boundaries and transgressions, beyond which a
"There would seem to be a limit, even for an art preoccupied with boundaries and transgressions, beyond which a work reaches its breaking point and becomes an actual failure, a mere experimentation"
Brian Ferneyhough, Composer
Small: Supreme serenity still remains the Ideal of great Art. The shapes and transitory forms of life are but stages
"Supreme serenity still remains the Ideal of great Art. The shapes and transitory forms of life are but stages toward this Ideal, which Christ's religion illuminates with His divine light"
Franz Liszt, Composer
Small: I have a healthy view of what one can do with art
"I have a healthy view of what one can do with art"
Neil LaBute, Director
Small: Art is a marriage of the conscious and the unconscious
"Art is a marriage of the conscious and the unconscious"
Jean Cocteau, Director
Small: Emotion resulting from a work of art is only of value when it is not obtained by sentimental blackmail
"Emotion resulting from a work of art is only of value when it is not obtained by sentimental blackmail"
Jean Cocteau, Director
Small: You have to master not only the art of listening to your head, you must also master listening to your heart an
"You have to master not only the art of listening to your head, you must also master listening to your heart and listening to your gut"
Carly Fiorina, Businessman
Small: The body is your instrument in dance, but your art is outside that creature, the body
"The body is your instrument in dance, but your art is outside that creature, the body"
Martha Graham, Dancer
Small: An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture
"An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture"
Jean Cocteau, Director
Small: The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give
"The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up"
Jean Cocteau, Director
Small: All great art is born of the metropolis
"All great art is born of the metropolis"
Ezra Pound, Poet
Small: Art is the most beautiful of all lies
"Art is the most beautiful of all lies"
Claude Debussy, Composer
Small: If a patron buys from an artist who needs money, the patron then makes himself equal to the artist he is build
"If a patron buys from an artist who needs money, the patron then makes himself equal to the artist; he is building art into the world; he creates"
Ezra Pound, Poet
Small: I think that ones art is a growth inside one. I do not think one can explain growth. It is silent and subtle.
"I think that one's art is a growth inside one. I do not think one can explain growth. It is silent and subtle. One does not keep digging up a plant to see how it grows"
Emily Carr, Artist
Small: Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper
"Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper"
Jean Cocteau, Director
Small: The art of letters will come to an end before A.D. 2000. I shall survive as a curiosity
"The art of letters will come to an end before A.D. 2000. I shall survive as a curiosity"
Ezra Pound, Poet
Small: Art is commenting on whats going on around you in your life
"Art is commenting on what's going on around you in your life"
Al Jourgensen, Musician
Small: All the art for Tool is done by the me and the band
"All the art for Tool is done by the me and the band"
Adam Jones, Musician
Small: Works of art make rules rules do not make works of art
"Works of art make rules; rules do not make works of art"
Claude Debussy, Composer
Small: Extreme complication is contrary to art
"Extreme complication is contrary to art"
Claude Debussy, Composer
Small: Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesnt matter. Im not sure a bad person can write a good boo
Alice Walker
"Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn't matter. I'm not sure a bad person can write a good book, If art doesn't make us better, then what on earth is it for"
Alice Walker, Author
Small: Internationalism on the other hand admits that spiritual achievements have their roots deep in national life f
Christian Lous Lange
"Internationalism on the other hand admits that spiritual achievements have their roots deep in national life; from this national consciousness art and literature derive their character and strength and on it even many of the humanistic sciences are firmly based"
Christian Lous Lange, Politician
Small: The art is long, life is short
"The art is long, life is short"
Hippocrates, Scientist
Small: Life is short, the art long
"Life is short, the art long"
Hippocrates, Scientist
Small: Art is parasitic on life, just as criticism is parasitic on art
"Art is parasitic on life, just as criticism is parasitic on art"
Harry S. Truman, President
Small: I got my diploma from Ealing College of Art, in graphics and illustration
"I got my diploma from Ealing College of Art, in graphics and illustration"
Freddie Mercury, Musician
Small: Art is only a means to life, to the life more abundant. It is not in itself the life more abundant. It merely
Henry Miller
"Art is only a means to life, to the life more abundant. It is not in itself the life more abundant. It merely points the way, something which is overlooked not only by the public, but very often by the artist himself. In becoming an end it defeats itself"
Henry Miller, Writer
Small: Language, after all, is only the use of symbols, and Art also can only affect us through symbols
George Henry Lewes
"Language, after all, is only the use of symbols, and Art also can only affect us through symbols"
George Henry Lewes, Philosopher
Small: It is unhappily true that much insincere Literature and Art, executed solely with a view to effect, does succe
George Henry Lewes
"It is unhappily true that much insincere Literature and Art, executed solely with a view to effect, does succeed by deceiving the public"
George Henry Lewes, Philosopher
Small: Insight is the first condition of Art
George Henry Lewes
"Insight is the first condition of Art"
George Henry Lewes, Philosopher
Small: Books minister to our knowledge, to our guidance, and to our delight, by their truth, their uprightness, and t
George Henry Lewes
"Books minister to our knowledge, to our guidance, and to our delight, by their truth, their uprightness, and their art"
George Henry Lewes, Philosopher
Small: As all Art depends on Vision, so the different kinds of Art depend on the different ways in which minds look a
George Henry Lewes
"As all Art depends on Vision, so the different kinds of Art depend on the different ways in which minds look at things"
George Henry Lewes, Philosopher
Small: Im into sincerity in music and sincerity in art. If it doesnt feel true, I dont want to do it. Things that are
"I'm into sincerity in music and sincerity in art. If it doesn't feel true, I don't want to do it. Things that are too dramatic scare me. I think that's why I don't always fit into the world of performing arts"
Zooey Deschanel, Actress
Small: Memory is a great artist. For every man and for every woman it makes the recollection of his or her life a wor
"Memory is a great artist. For every man and for every woman it makes the recollection of his or her life a work of art and an unfaithful record"
Andre Maurois, Writer
Small: Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued
"Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued"
Jean Rostand, Scientist
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