Art Quotes

In mathematics the art of proposing a question must be held of higher value than solving it.

I have learned the art of filling in your lines with your visuals and your movies and your imagination.

Any clod can have the facts; having opinions is an art.

There was certainly less profanity in the Godfather than in the Sopranos. There was a kind of respect. It's not that I totally agreed with it, but it was a great piece of art.

You may choose your words like a connoisseur, And polish it up with art, But the word that sways, and stirs, and stays, Is the word that comes from the heart.

Artists themselves are not confined, but their output is.

Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art.

You know, the way art history is taught, often there's nothing that tells you why the painting is great. The description of a lousy painting and the description of a great painting will very much sound the same.

There are situations which cannot honorably be met by art.

I was lucky to have my wife as the art director, and it turned out to be quite something - a great success. I'm very proud of it.

The finest works of art are precious, among other reasons, because they make it possible for us to know, if only imperfectly and for a little while, what it actually feels like to think subtly and feel nobly.

I've never really had a hobby, unless you count art, which the IRS once told me I had to declare as a hobby since I hadn't made money with it.

Music draws from almost the identical place as art does, which really is that intangible - it's like you're pulling from the ether. I don't know where it comes from.

The secret of living in peace with all people lies in the art of understanding each one by his own individuality.

Art is my life and my life is art.

If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then don't write, because our culture has no use for it.

The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art is born, the artist must be ready to be consumed by the fire of his own creation.

Any idealism is a proper subject for art.

Oh yeah, I mean every fighter has got be dedicated, learn how to sacrifice, know what the devotion is all about, make sure you're paying attention and studying your art.

Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.

Politics is the art of the possible.

I'm a disciple of Raymond Chandler, who said in his essays that there's a quality of redemption in anything that can be called art.

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?'

The knowledge of God is the cause of things. For the knowledge of God is to all creatures what the knowledge of the artificer is to things made by his art.

We're here to bring beauty to the world and make a difference in this planet. That's what art forms are about.

There hasn't been any art yet. Art is just beginning.

Science may be described as the art of systematic over-simplification.

The early expression of my youth was filled with all the aspects of art.

The bad gains respect through imitation, the good loses it especially in art.

Intolerance respecting other people's religion is toleration itself in comparison with intolerance respecting other people's art.