Art Quotes

So I like to try to go back and develop pure visual storytelling. Because to me, it's one of the most exciting aspects of making movies and almost a lost art at this point.

There's so much to learn about acting and performance in general... I mean, acting is a very complex art, and there are a lot more theories and methods and techniques to it than I think anybody would think.

As an artist your first loyalty is to your art. Unless this is the case, you're going to be a second-rate artist.

Admiration for a quality or an art can be so strong that it deters us from striving to possess it.

It does not seem that the contradiction which exists between the aristocratic function of art and the democratic structure of modern society can ever be resolved.

Every mind which has given itself to self-expression in art is aware of a directing agency outside its conscious control which it has agreed to label 'inspiration'.

I never wanted to dilute my private passion for the art by airing and arguing it in public.

There are so many reactions to art that make sense to me - but 'ick' means something.

The funny thing is musicians often love to go to see visual art because you've got all these pictures to turn into metaphors.

Nature is the most beautiful thing we have. It's better than art because it's from the creator.

Thought is a strenuous art - few practice it, and then only at rare times.

For years, I had heard about the lack of interest in literature in the U.S. and I had complained about it. I failed to understand how people could fail to be moved by art.

Every time a student walks past a really urgent, expressive piece of architecture that belongs to his college, it can help reassure him that he does have that mind, does have that soul.

I buy some art but I don't like to talk about it.

The art of doing mathematics consists in finding that special case which contains all the germs of generality.

Writing is no dying art form in America because most published writers here accept the wisdom and the necessity of encouraging the talent that follows in their footsteps.

The wonders of the Grand Canyon cannot be adequately represented in symbols of speech, nor by speech itself. The resources of the graphic art are taxed beyond their powers in attempting to portray its features. Language and illustration combined must fail.

Trauma happens in relationships, so it can only be healed in relationships. Art can't provide healing. It can be cathartic and therapeutic but a relationship is a three-part journey.

Nature is the art of God.

It's so hard to be a mother and to also want to practice your art.

They say Princes learn no art truly, but the art of horsemanship. The reason is, the brave beast is no flatterer. He will throw a prince as soon as his groom.

Magic becomes art when it has nothing to hide.

Painting is an infinitely minute part of my personality.

Art is anything people do with distinction.

All of journalism is a shrinking art. So much of it is hype. The O.J. Simpson story is a landmark in the decline of journalism.

They decided to establish a museum of modern art where works by contemporary artists would be shown. Mother was viewed as a very progressive person, and not everybody liked the paintings she bought.

We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth, at least the truth that is given to us to understand.

To a poet the mere making of a poem can seem to solve the problem of truth, but only a problem of art is solved in poetry.

It's disappointing to see films become pure entertainment, so that it's not an art form.

Any work of art that can be understood is the product of journalism.