Art Quotes · Page 113

If art doesn't make us better, then what on earth is it for.

— Alice Walker

The ability to play is essential to being a creative artist.

— Dewitt Jones

“God creates the beauty. Through my camera, I am a witness.”

— Mark Denman

In this art form, in any art form, generalities are useless.

— Zubin Mehta

One can't paint New York as it is, but rather as it is felt.

— Georgia O'Keeffe

Know thy birth! For dost thou art, and shalt to dust return.

— John Milton

Fear is the reason for making art. It is a means to freedom.

— Ilya Kabakov

Judo helps us to understand that worry is a waste of energy.

— Kano Jigoro

Practice the art of patience for nature never acts in haste.

— Og Mandino

The people who make art their business are mostly imposters.

— Pablo Picasso

“No freebies...be paid for your art. This is your business.”

— Lisa Goldin

Self-censorship is the most devastating thing for an artist.

— Varun Grover

I see the artist as a participant, a co-producer of reality.

— Olafur Eliasson

Nothing right can be accomplished in art without enthusiasm.

— Robert Schumann

Acting is the art of being and existing, and not being fake.

— Omari Hardwick

I want to say that Beck is incredible. He is an art machine.

— Devendra Banhart

Self-criticism is an art not many are qualified to practice.

— Joyce Carol Oates

The impulse of modern art was this desire to destroy beauty.

— Barnett Newman

Did you ever get the feeling that the story's too damn real?

— Jethro Tull

I always like to leave art and music open to interpretation.

— Dan Reynolds

Art music is an evolving matter, and so are a lot of cities.

— Du Yun

We have no problem making art that's almost obnoxiously gay.

— Chappell Roan

Chess, like other arts, must be practiced to be appreciated.

— Alexander Alekhine

I need to be creative, make art every day for my own sanity.

— Soko

As an artist you have to have a certain amount of arrogance.

— Kim Weston

There's room for the Gap, but the joy of dressing is an art.

— John Galliano

I have 12 paintings of Kaufman art. He is an amazing artist.

— John Travolta

I was grounded in the performing arts from a very young age.

— Pratik Gandhi

I've told you, nobody becomes an artist unless they have to.

— Janet Fitch

Drawing, Drawing, Drawing...a blur of Crayons and giggles...

— Eric Nickel

I always found the concept of a tortured artist distasteful.

— Jeff Tweedy

I have not tried to reproduce nature; I have represented it.

— Paul Cezanne

I love working with artists who know exactly what they want.

— Charlotte Caffey

Midget wrestling on channel 3, it costs me 50 bucks a month.

— Anonymous

Music is an art form. It is a way to wordlessly communicate.

— Ken Hill

Recessions are hard on people, but they are not hard on Art.

— Jerry Saltz

Art is like beginning a sentence before you know its ending.

— David Bayles

I think there are some artists whose works are misanthropic.

— Etgar Keret

Kempo is for the street first; everything else is secondary.

— William Kwai Sun Chow

I love art and music more than I love fashion, to be honest,

— Riccardo Tisci