Art Quote by A. S. Byatt

“Can we never take pleasure in nature without having recourse to art?”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“From each art practiced in its time I derive a knowledge which compensates me in part for pleasures lost. I have supposed, and in…

— Marguerite Yourcenar

“The World has not evolved into what it is today to specifically meet my pleasures.”

— Sammy Sutton

“Art is not merely a decorative enhancement of our lives, but a sign of our desire to live in the world fully and honestly.”

— Jan Zwicky

“And it is partly the transience of it that delights me; so much loving preparation, so much art and experience, put into a pleasure…

— Joanne Harris

The art of life lies in taking pleasures as they pass, and the keenest pleasures are not intellectual, nor are they always moral.

— Aristippus

“If we respected only what is inevitable and has a right to be, music and poetry would resound along the streets. When we are…

— Henry David Thoreau

“Choose your pleasures for yourself, and do not let them be imposed upon you. Follow nature and not fashion: weigh the present enjoyment of…

— Earl of Chesterfield

“Our only real pleasure is to squander our resources to no purpose, just as if a wound were bleeding away inside us; we always…

— Georges Bataille

“But our pleasures are, by their very nature, fleeting. If we enjoy some great professional success, our feelings of accomplishment remain vivid and intoxicating…

— Sam Harris

“People who don’t appreciate art aren’t living a full life. Art, whether it’s music, paint, words, whatever the medium, busts veins of color that…

— Fisher Amelie

“Without patience and interest, one will only have access to immediate pleasures—which are good, but much lower in quality than the pleasures gained over…

— Olivier Magny