Quotes about Art

“Art is the most beautiful of all lies.”

“In a storm, I think, 'What if the gospel be not true? Then thou art, of all men, most foolish. For what has thou given up thy goods, thy ease, thy friends, thy reputation, thy country, thy life?'”

“An artist carries on throughout his life a mysterious, uninterrupted conversation with his public.”

“The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art.”

“Art is what you can get away with.”

“Overtaking is one thing. That is an art. But defending as well. You should be able to defend your position.”

“When one lives in a society where people can no longer rely on the institutions to tell them the truth, the truth must come from culture and art.”

“For me, art is supposed to be a question mark.”

“Every human is an artist. And this is the main art that we have: the creation of our story.”

“Art is the objectification of feeling.”

“Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.”

“Logic is neither an art nor a science but a dodge.”

“Art - the beautiful thing about art, from my standpoint, is that it has no discrimination.”

“Religion and art spring from the same root and are close kin. Economics and art are strangers.”

“Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.”

“Works of art often last forever, or nearly so. But exhibitions themselves, especially gallery exhibitions, are like flowers; they bloom and then they die, then exist only as memories, or pressed in magazines and books.”

“Art is always criticized and always an outsider gets the blame.”

“Of all the seasons, winter is the most conducive to the great art of dormancy. This art requires an appreciation of semi-consciousness: the beautiful and necessary prelude to sleep - a special pleasure in itself that is all too often neglected, under-valued or looked down upon.”

“The worst state of affairs is when science begins to concern itself with art.”

“Art, as far as it is able, follows nature, as a pupil imitates his master; thus your art must be, as it were, God's grandchild.”

“A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession.”