Quotes about Art

“With just one polka dot, nothing can be achieved. In the universe, there is the sun, the moon, the earth, and hundreds of millions of stars. All of us live in the unfathomable mystery and infinitude of the universe. Pursuing 'philosophy of the universe' through art under such circumstances has led me to what I call 'stereotypical repetition.'”

“Art never harms itself by keeping aloof from the social problems of the day: rather, by so doing, it more completely realises for us that which we desire.”

“Art is all in the details.”

“A work of art is above all an adventure of the mind.”

“All art is autobiographical. The pearl is the oyster's autobiography.”

“Art in Nature is rhythmic and has a horror of constraint.”

“Great art picks up where nature ends.”

“Mathematics is the art of giving the same name to different things.”

“Politics is politics; art is art. If you play a political role, you have to stop being an artist.”

“The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.”

“Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses.”

“Painting is a nail to which I fasten my ideas.”

“In art, the obvious is a sin.”

“Photographing a cake can be art.”

“If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.”

“It is after all the greatest art to limit and isolate oneself.”

“A sculptor is a person who is interested in the shape of things, a poet in words, a musician by sounds.”

“Art is a process. Its expressing yourself and doing something, and throwing yourself into it and getting better at it and trying again. Thats what its about.”

“I don't think there's any artist of any value who doesn't doubt what they're doing.”

“The writer, when he is also an artist, is someone who admits what others don't dare reveal.”

“Art is not a pastime but a priesthood.”