Art is a part of the rebellion against the realities of its unfulfilled desire. — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
The greatest foe to art is luxury, art cannot live in its atmosphere. — William Morris Copy Share Image
Art is the imagination at play in the field of time. Let yourself play. — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
I still think science is looking for answers and art is looking for questions, — Marc Quinn Copy Share Image
The rebellion of art is a daily rebellion against the state of living death routinely called real life. — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
So that’s what art is, for the artist,” said Crake. “An empty drainpipe. An amplifier. A stab at getting laid. — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Art is a way of taking distance. The pathological or therapeutic aspects exist, but just as catalysts. — Sophie Calle Copy Share Image
If art, all art, is concerned with truth, then a society in denial will not find much use for it. — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
Art is long, and time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Great art is never produced for its own sake. It is too difficult to be worth the effort. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I coined this term 'freedom thru limitation' back in the '90s because I was sick of art being treated like pop, because… — Billy Childish Copy Share Image
Art is a luxury. It's not necessary for you to - you can work your job and you can make some money… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
The oldest theory of art belongs to the Greeks, who regarded art as an imitation (mimesis) of reality. The strength of that… — Leland Ryken Copy Share Image
The primary function of poetry, as of all the arts, is to make us more aware of ourselves and the world around… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
Art is the space between the viewer and the rectangle that hangs on the wall. Unless something of the person that created… — T. Allen Lawson Copy Share Image
Mom used to frame everything we made, and now I'm following her example. It makes children so proud to see their work… — Aerin Lauder Copy Share Image
People for whom art is religion can say, "What I love about art is that it points to a higher reality." Well,… — Jim Woodring Copy Share Image
I have not attempted to try to relive or recreate the past; but I have sought guidance from those timeless elements in… — Frederick Hart Copy Share Image
Making art is dealing with people on your own terms. The ideal way of using people is using them like clay, but… — Lucas Samaras Copy Share Image
Art is an affirmation of life, a rebuttal of death. And here we blunder into paradox again, for during the creation of… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
What makes someone an artist? I don't think is has anything to do with a paintbrush. There are painters who follow the… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
It is worth remembering that every writer begins with a naively physical notion of what art is. A book for him or… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
I've never felt that I was doing something for my people, except what I could to bring the accomplishments of the old… — Bill Reid Copy Share Image
It [music] has an awakening function. Life is a rhythm. Art is an organization of rhythms. Music is a fundamental art that… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
I guess maybe my art can be said to be a protest. I see things a certain way, and as an artist… — Nancy Spero Copy Share Image
During the last 35 years, the artists multiplied, the public grew enormously, the economy exploded, and so-called contemporary art became fashionable. All… — Daniel Buren Copy Share Image
The object, which is back of every true work of art, is the attainment of a state of being, a state of… — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
The really creative person is not interested in dominating anybody. He is so utterly rejoicing in life - he wants to create,… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image