Art Quotes

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.

In the final analysis, style is art. And art is nothing more or less than various modes of stylized, dehumanized representation.

Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad.

One must ease the public into it - that's an art in itself.

If you respect the art and you have some talent about you, I'm on your team.

I don't think it's worth discussing new directions in the context of Chinese art - there were no old directions, either. Chinese art has never had any clear orientation.

One does not need buildings, money, power, or status to practice the Art of Peace. Heaven is right where you are standing, and that is the place to train.

I left science, then I went into art, but I approach things very analytically. I choose to pursue both art and architecture as completely separate fields rather than merging them.

To become truly immortal, a work of art must escape all human limits: logic and common sense will only interfere. But once these barriers are broken, it will enter the realms of childhood visions and dreams.

There is always a multitude of reasons both in favor of doing a thing and against doing it. The art of debate lies in presenting them; the art of life lies in neglecting ninety-nine hundredths of them.