Art has always been my salvation.

Art has always been my salvation. And my gods are Herman Melville, Emily Dickinson, Mozart. I believe in them with all my heart. And…

— Maurice Sendak

But it seemed to me that this was the way we all lived: full to the brim with gratitude and joy one day, wrecked…

— Elizabeth Berg

My soul is a canvas stretched across four wooden corners and tacked with copper nails that sink into the edges of timber like teeth.…

— Keariene Muizz

“Try to remember that artists in these catastrophic times, along with the serious scientists, are the only salvation for us, if there is to…

— William H. Gass

The distinctions of fine art bore me to death.

— Maurice Sendak

A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.

— Leonardo da Vinci

Art is nothing; it's a way.

— Elbert Hubbard

Art is art when it is appreciated by someone.

— Isao Tomita

I have touched with a sense of art some people-they felt the love and the life. Can you offer me anything to compare to…

— Mary Cassatt

“Whoever sees the Saviour, the light of life, shall be satisfied in spirit.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

I think a business guy is different from an artist. They walk different paths. Artists create the best outputs when they're having fun. And…

— G-Dragon

“There are two options in art; either to adopt philosophical life by dissecting art, or to write your own philosophical life and claim it…

— Taf Teh

“So, really," continued Jacob as if this were perfectly normal to expound on art in these circumstances, "when you think about it, the artists…

— Justina Chen Headley

I think most artists feel like they're outside society - no matter how many accolades they receive, or how much money is in your…

— Aaron Rose

True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe