Quotes about Art

“I used to go and flatten my nose against that window and absorb all I could of his art. It changed my life. I saw art then as I wanted to see it.”

“My painting does not come from the easel.”

“London, thou art the flower of cities all!”

“The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.”

“Art is anything people do with distinction.”

“Don't be an art critic. Paint. There lies salvation.”

“The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique.”

“When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life.”

“The artist's world is limitless. It can be found anywhere, far from where he lives or a few feet away. It is always on his doorstep.”

“My paintings are not about what is seen. They are about what is known forever in the mind.”

“Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art.”

“To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.”

“An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.”

“The best artists know what to leave out.”

“Cinema is an art form that is designed to go across borders. And as a filmmaker, the only way I can direct a movie is when I feel close to my culture.”

“Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they don't have for something they don't need.”

“I don't paint things. I only paint the difference between things.”

“Animation is not the art of drawings that move but the art of movements that are drawn.”

“No difficulty can discourage, no obstacle dismay, no trouble dishearten the man who has acquired the art of being alive. Difficulties are but dares of fate, obstacles but hurdles to try his skill, troubles but bitter tonics to give him strength; and he rises higher and looms greater after each encounter with adversity.”

“To create a work of art is to create the world.”

“Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.”