The eye is the painter and the ear the singer.

Everyone said to Vincent van Gogh, "You can't be a great painter, you only have one ear." And you know what he said? "I…

— Steve Carell

“No man sings as beautifully as when his song is accompanied by a woman’s voice.”

— Roman Payne

Architects and painters know precisely what they are about as long as they deal with material phenomena… But when they come to the aesthetics…

— Carl von Clausewitz

I don't think neurobiology is going to replace aesthetics or art history. It's a parallel discipline that adds a new dimension. I always compare…

— Eric Kandel

I read the other day some verses written by an eminent painter which were original and not conventional. The soul always hears an admonition…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

A painter told me that nobody could draw a tree without in some sort becoming a tree.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Rings and jewels are not gifts, but apologies for gifts. The only gift is a portion of thyself. Thou must bleed for me. Therefore…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The great work of art is the complete banality, and the fault with most banalities is that they are not banal enough. Banality here…

— Asger Jorn

[Alexei Nemov] has the best feel for the aesthetics of the sport. He doesn't just do a skill; he makes it look gorgeous. Some…

— Peter Vidmar

Road cycling, especially up mountains. It's the heady mixture of endorphins and aesthetics that I love. My wife does it too, and being with…

— Gary Kemp

Probably the high-watermark of [Bob] Dylan's career came after he plugged in his guitar ("Judas!" one fan shouted during a concert) and exploded American…

— Jay Michaelson

Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible.

— W. H. Auden

As a result of reading science fiction when I was eight, I grew up with an interest in music, architecture, city planning, transportation, politics,…

— Ray Bradbury

The term "black metal" has become a lot looser, or can include a larger range of sounds and extra-musical aesthetics, not just Satan and…

— Colin Marston

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

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe