E. M. Forster – “To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art; me…”
E. M. Forster best Art Quotes – “To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art; men can only make us feel small in the wrong way.”
Art Quotes
George Edward Moore – “A great artist is always before his time or behind it.…”
George Edward Moore best Art Quotes – “A great artist is always before his time or behind it.”
Vladimir Nabokov – “A work of art has no importance whatever to society. It is o…”
Vladimir Nabokov best Art Quotes – “A work of art has no importance whatever to society. It is only important to the individual.”
Mary Schmich – “Good art is art that allows you to enter it from a variety of an…”
Mary Schmich best Art Quotes – “Good art is art that allows you to enter it from a variety of angles and to emerge with a variety of views.”
Robert Motherwell – “It may be that the deep necessity of art is the examination…”
Robert Motherwell best Art Quotes – “It may be that the deep necessity of art is the examination of self-deception.”
Elia Kazan – “The writer, when he is also an artist, is someone who admits what …”
Elia Kazan best Art Quotes – “The writer, when he is also an artist, is someone who admits what others don’t dare reveal.”
Kate Chopin – “To be an artist includes much; one must possess many gifts – abso…”
Kate Chopin best Art Quotes – “To be an artist includes much; one must possess many gifts – absolute gifts – which have not been acquired by one’s own effort. And, moreover, to succeed, the artist much possess the courageous soul.”
Gustave Flaubert – “Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cann…”
Gustave Flaubert best Art Quotes – “Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything.”
Alfred Eisenstaedt – “We are only beginning to learn what to say in a photograph…”
Alfred Eisenstaedt best Art Quotes – “We are only beginning to learn what to say in a photograph. The world we live in is a succession of fleeting moments, any one of which might say something significant.”
Samuel Butler – “The history of art is the history of revivals.…”
Samuel Butler best Art Quotes – “The history of art is the history of revivals.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe – “In art the best is good enough.…”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe best Art Quotes – “In art the best is good enough.”
Jean Cocteau – “An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can d…”
Jean Cocteau best Art Quotes – “An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.”
Francis Ford Coppola – “I don’t think there’s any artist of any value who doesn’…”
Francis Ford Coppola best Art Quotes – “I don’t think there’s any artist of any value who doesn’t doubt what they’re doing.”
Wilson Mizner – “It is not in life, but in art that self-fulfillment is to be fo…”
Wilson Mizner best Art Quotes – “It is not in life, but in art that self-fulfillment is to be found.”
Hans Hofmann – “Through a painting we can see the whole world.…”
Hans Hofmann best Art Quotes – “Through a painting we can see the whole world.”