Oscar Wilde – “It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.…”
Oscar Wilde best Art Quotes – “It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.”
Art Quotes
Wynton Marsalis – “Jazz comes from our way of life, and because it’s our nationa…”
Wynton Marsalis best Art Quotes – “Jazz comes from our way of life, and because it’s our national art form, it helps us to understand who we are.”
Sun Tzu – “In the practical art of war, the best thing of all is to take the ene…”
Sun Tzu best Art Quotes – “In the practical art of war, the best thing of all is to take the enemy’s country whole and intact; to shatter and destroy it is not so good.”
Claude Debussy – “Art is the most beautiful deception of all. And although peopl…”
Claude Debussy best Art Quotes – “Art is the most beautiful deception of all. And although people try to incorporate the everyday events of life in it, we must hope that it will remain a deception lest it become a utilitarian thing, sad as a factory.”
Jerry Saltz – “Art is for anyone. It just isn’t for everyone. Still, over the pa…”
Jerry Saltz best Art Quotes – “Art is for anyone. It just isn’t for everyone. Still, over the past decade, its audience has hugely grown, and that’s irked those outside the art world, who get irritated at things like incomprehensibility or money.”
Mj Rodriguez – “Every single day, I wake up and take a glimpse of where I am now…”
Mj Rodriguez best Art Quotes – “Every single day, I wake up and take a glimpse of where I am now compared to where I was before, and the work that we have all put in to be in this space. I think of that, and being able to express myself through my art and show up and be present – that’s activism, advocacy, and artistry in itself.”
Andy Warhol – “If you’re not trying to be real, you don’t have to get it right. …”
Andy Warhol best Art Quotes – “If you’re not trying to be real, you don’t have to get it right. That’s art.”
William Blake – “The foundation of empire is art and science. Remove them or deg…”
William Blake best Art Quotes – “The foundation of empire is art and science. Remove them or degrade them, and the empire is no more. Empire follows art and not vice versa as Englishmen suppose.”
George Bernard Shaw – “She had lost the art of conversation but not, unfortunate…”
George Bernard Shaw best Art Quotes – “She had lost the art of conversation but not, unfortunately, the power of speech.”
Auguste Rodin – “Sculpture is the art of the hole and the lump.…”
Auguste Rodin best Art Quotes – “Sculpture is the art of the hole and the lump.”
Aristotle – “Homer has taught all other poets the art of telling lies skillfully…”
Aristotle best Art Quotes – “Homer has taught all other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.”
Jason Mraz – “If you’re a new artist, practice your art and share it. Set up sho…”
Jason Mraz best Art Quotes – “If you’re a new artist, practice your art and share it. Set up shop somewhere, whether it’s a street corner or a coffee shop. I got my start in a coffee shop that didn’t even have live music. I wanted to play in coffee shops that did have live music, but I didn’t have an audience.”
Albert Camus – “Truly fertile Music, the only kind that will move us, that we sh…”
Albert Camus best Art Quotes – “Truly fertile Music, the only kind that will move us, that we shall truly appreciate, will be a Music conducive to Dream, which banishes all reason and analysis. One must not wish first to understand and then to feel. Art does not tolerate Reason.”
Ludwig van Beethoven – “O, you men who think or say that I am malevolent, stubbo…”
Ludwig van Beethoven best Art Quotes – “O, you men who think or say that I am malevolent, stubborn or misanthropic, how greatly do you wrong me. You do not know the secret cause which makes me seem that way to you, and I would have ended my life – it was only my art that held me back. Ah, it seemed impossible to leave the world until I had brought forth all that I felt was within me.”
Keith Haring – “If commercialization is putting my art on a shirt so that a kid …”
Keith Haring best Art Quotes – “If commercialization is putting my art on a shirt so that a kid who can’t afford a $30,000 painting can buy one, then I’m all for it.”