Art Quotes by Woody Allen

Does art imitate life, or does life imitate TV?

— Woody Allen

People think I'm an artist because my films lose money.

— Woody Allen

“No work of art can compare to a city.”

— Woody Allen

None of the arts are any good unless you really are great at them.

— Woody Allen

Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television.

— Woody Allen

That’s one of the nice things about writing, or any art; if the thing’s real, it just lives.

— Woody Allen

When you start putting a higher value on works of art than people, you’re forfeiting your humanity.

— Woody Allen

The artist's job is not to succumb to despair but to find an antidote for the emptiness of existence.

— Woody Allen

You know how you're always trying to get things to come out perfect in art because it's real difficult in life

— Woody Allen

“Marshall McLuhan predicted books would become art objects at some point. He was right.”

— Woody Allen

I don't believe in competition for artistic things. I just like the atmosphere of the Cannes festival. I don't want to win…

— Woody Allen

“The artist's job is not to succumb to despair, but to find an antidote for the emptiness of existance”

— Woody Allen

American films, it's a money-making industry. And in France, you can find great respect for cinema as art.

— Woody Allen

I never considered myself an artist. I aspire to be an artist, but I never thought I had the depth or substance…

— Woody Allen

People make films for different reasons. For money. Or, they make them because something in them demands artistic expression. I do it…

— Woody Allen

[...] I've come to the conclusion that the artist can not justify life or come up with a cogent reason as to…

— Woody Allen

When I get up in the morning, I go and I work with beautiful women and charming men and funny comedians and…

— Woody Allen

I think it's my job or the artist's job, to try and find some solution or some reason to accept things. But…

— Woody Allen

The artist can't give you an answer that's satisfying to the dreadful reality of your existence. So the best you can do…

— Woody Allen

“I hate when art becomes a religion. I feel the opposite. When you start putting a higher value on works of art…

— Woody Allen

[Stanley] Kubrick was a great artist and a perfectionist. He always wanted the exact right thing. He did a million takes. Everything…

— Woody Allen

That’s one of the nice things about writing, or any art; if the thing’s real, it just lives. All the attendant hoopla…

— Woody Allen

As an artist, you are always striving toward an ultimate achievement but never seem to reach it. You shoot a film, and…

— Woody Allen

I could turn on my radio in the morning when I was getting dressed for school and hear Frank Sinatra and Duke…

— Woody Allen

Everybody knows how awful the world is and what a terrible situation it is and each person distorts it in a certain…

— Woody Allen

To me, movies are valuable as an art form and as a wonderful means of popular entertainment. But I think movies have…

— Woody Allen

You can't control life. It doesn't wind up perfectly. Only-only art you can control. Art and masturbation. Two areas in which I…

— Woody Allen