Jean Cocteau – “Art is not a pastime but a priesthood.…”
Jean Cocteau best Art Quotes – “Art is not a pastime but a priesthood.”
Art Quotes
Paracelsus – “The interpretation of dreams is a great art.…”
Paracelsus best Art Quotes – “The interpretation of dreams is a great art.”
Hippocrates – “The art is long, life is short.…”
Hippocrates best Art Quotes – “The art is long, life is short.”
Henry Ward Beecher – “To array a man’s will against his sickness is the supreme …”
Henry Ward Beecher best Art Quotes – “To array a man’s will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.”
Claude Monet – “Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it w…”
Claude Monet best Art Quotes – “Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love.”
William Hazlitt – “Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discove…”
William Hazlitt best Art Quotes – “Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people’s weaknesses.”
Norman Rockwell – “Some people have been kind enough to call me a fine artist. I…”
Norman Rockwell best Art Quotes – “Some people have been kind enough to call me a fine artist. I’ve always called myself an illustrator. I’m not sure what the difference is. All I know is that whatever type of work I do, I try to give it my very best. Art has been my life.”
Martin Amis – “Only in art will the lion lie down with the lamb, and the rose gr…”
Martin Amis best Art Quotes – “Only in art will the lion lie down with the lamb, and the rose grow without the thorn.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson – “Philosophically considered, the universe is composed of N…”
Ralph Waldo Emerson best Art Quotes – “Philosophically considered, the universe is composed of Nature and the Soul. Strictly speaking, therefore, all that is separate from us, all which Philosophy distinguishes as the ‘Not Me,’ that is, both nature and art, all other men and my own body, must be ranked under this name, ‘Nature.'”
Lester Bangs – “The first mistake of art is to assume that it’s serious.…”
Lester Bangs best Art Quotes – “The first mistake of art is to assume that it’s serious.”
Albrecht Durer – “If a man devotes himself to art, much evil is avoided that hap…”
Albrecht Durer best Art Quotes – “If a man devotes himself to art, much evil is avoided that happens otherwise if one is idle.”
Pablo Picasso – “Art is not the application of a canon of beauty but what the in…”
Pablo Picasso best Art Quotes – “Art is not the application of a canon of beauty but what the instinct and the brain can conceive beyond any canon. When we love a woman we don’t start measuring her limbs.”
Salvador Dali – “We are all hungry and thirsty for concrete images. Abstract art…”
Salvador Dali best Art Quotes – “We are all hungry and thirsty for concrete images. Abstract art will have been good for one thing: to restore its exact virginity to figurative art.”
Ansel Adams – “Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of id…”
Ansel Adams best Art Quotes – “Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art.”
Matthew McConaughey – “It’s not a science when you are judging art, but we’d be …”
Matthew McConaughey best Art Quotes – “It’s not a science when you are judging art, but we’d be remiss to say you can’t look at something and say, ‘This is more well done than that.'”