Quotes about Art

“A great artist can paint a great picture on a small canvas.”

“Society is like a large piece of frozen water; and skating well is the great art of social life.”

“Wherever the art of medicine is loved, there is also a love of humanity.”

“I was the least Pop of all the Pop artists.”

“Trash has given us an appetite for art.”

“Controversy is part of the nature of art and creativity.”

“What was any art but a mould in which to imprison for a moment the shining elusive element which is life itself - life hurrying past us and running away, too strong to stop, too sweet to lose.”

“There is nothing new in art except talent.”

“Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty.”

“The art of mastering life is the prerequisite for all further forms of expression, whether they are paintings, sculptures, tragedies, or musical compositions.”

“It is only an auctioneer who can equally and impartially admire all schools of art.”

“We are all hungry and thirsty for concrete images. Abstract art will have been good for one thing: to restore its exact virginity to figurative art.”

“Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as to how they shall think.”

“Art is I; science is we.”

“If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or music, then in that respect you can call me that... I believe in what I do, and I'll say it.”

“One eye sees, the other feels.”

“What art offers is space - a certain breathing room for the spirit.”

“An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world.”

“Art is about building a new foundation, not just laying something on top of what's already there.”

“For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity to exist, a certain physiological precondition is indispensable: intoxication.”

“Color is my day-long obsession, joy and torment.”