--- title: "19 Art Taught Quotes by 17 authors" description: "Browse 19 Art Taught quotes by 17 authors. Discover the best Art Taught sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/385/andy-goldsworthy-4466_art_it-s-art-that-s-taught-me-to-think-and-t_1984669.png" --- > [It's art that's taught me to think and to write.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-goldsworthy/it-s-art-that-s-taught-me-to-think-and-to-write/) [Andy Goldsworthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-goldsworthy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/385/andy-goldsworthy-4466_art_it-s-art-that-s-taught-me-to-think-and-t_1984669.png) > [Art can only be taught by artists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-asawa/art-can-only-be-taught-by-artists/) [Ruth Asawa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-asawa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6da/ruth-asawa-22774_art_art-can-only-be-taught-by-artists-166156_1661569.jpg) > [Making art has taught me that the tiniest smidgen of progress is something to be cherished.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-cameron/making-art-has-taught-me-that-the-tiniest-smidgen-of-progress-is/) [Julia Cameron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-cameron/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3da/julia-cameron-830_art_making-art-has-taught-me-that-the-tinies_428134.png) > [“You can not teach art, it's not to be taught, but felt and lived, or else it is naught.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sabina-nore/you-can-not-teach-art-it-s-not-to-be-taught-but-felt-and-lived-or/) [Sabina Nore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sabina-nore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/014/sabina-nore-56249_art_you-can-not-teach-art-it-s-not-to-be-tau_1935010.jpg) > [It is Nature who makes our artists for us, though it may be Art who taught them their right mode of expression.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/it-is-nature-who-makes-our-artists-for-us-though-it-may-be-art-who/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc4/oscar-wilde-16_art_it-is-nature-who-makes-our-artists-for-u_917919.jpg) > [I never studied art, but taught myself to draw by imitating the New Yorker cartoonists of that day, instead of doing my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bil-keane/i-never-studied-art-but-taught-myself-to-draw-by-imitating-the-new/) [Bil Keane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bil-keane/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4d/bil-keane-20367_art_i-never-studied-art-but-taught-myself-to_2572247.png) > [You want to know how I think art should be taught to children? Take them to a museum and say, 'This is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/you-want-to-know-how-i-think-art-should-be-taught-to-children-take/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98a/steve-martin-593_art_you-want-to-know-how-i-think-art-should_937685.jpg) > [For in a dearth of comforts, we art taught To be contented with the least.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-davenant/for-in-a-dearth-of-comforts-we-art-taught-to-be-contented-with-the/) [William Davenant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-davenant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af8/william-davenant-21204_art_for-in-a-dearth-of-comforts-we-art-taugh_1710896.jpg) > [I deny that art can be taught, or, in other words, maintain that art is completely individual, and that the talent of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustave-courbet/i-deny-that-art-can-be-taught-or-in-other-words-maintain-that-art-is/) [Gustave Courbet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustave-courbet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b48/gustave-courbet-16462_art_i-deny-that-art-can-be-taught-or-in-othe_1223133.jpg) > [Painting and art cannot be taught. You can save time if someone tells you to put blue and yellow together to make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/romare-bearden/painting-and-art-cannot-be-taught-you-can-save-time-if-someone-tells/) [Romare Bearden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/romare-bearden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c49/romare-bearden-23522_activity_painting-and-art-cannot-be-taught-you-ca_2842410.jpg) > [Instead of art I have taught philosophy. Though technique for me is a big word, I never have taught how to paint.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josef-albers/instead-of-art-i-have-taught-philosophy-though-technique-for-me-is-a/) [Josef Albers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josef-albers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fea/josef-albers-9747_art_instead-of-art-i-have-taught-philosophy_458840.jpg) > [As great a picture can be made as one's mental capacity-no greater. Art cannot be taught; it must be self-inspiration, though the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-weston/as-great-a-picture-can-be-made-as-one-s-mental-capacity-no-greater/) [Edward Weston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-weston/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd4/edward-weston-8944_advice_as-great-a-picture-can-be-made-as-one-s_305659.jpg) > [Art is not to be taught in Academies. It is what one looks at, not what one listens to, that makes the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/art-is-not-to-be-taught-in-academies-it-is-what-one-looks-at-not-what/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c65/oscar-wilde-16_academy_art-is-not-to-be-taught-in-academies-it_1533872.jpg) > [Art can't be taught; passion can't be taught; discipline can't be taught; but craft can be taught. And writing is both an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-george/art-can-t-be-taught-passion-can-t-be-taught-discipline-can-t-be/) [Elizabeth George](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-george/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef7/elizabeth-george-1393_art_art-can-t-be-taught-passion-can-t-be-tau_2020499.jpg) > [The summit charms us, the steps to it do not; with the heights before our eyes, we like to linger in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/the-summit-charms-us-the-steps-to-it-do-not-with-the-heights-before/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9c/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_acting_the-summit-charms-us-the-steps-to-it-do_591510.jpg) > [Aside from birthing me my first grey hairs and keeping me up at night more times than I'd like to count, 'The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-manson/aside-from-birthing-me-my-first-grey-hairs-and-keeping-me-up-at-night/) [Mark Manson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-manson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e82/mark-manson-537_art_aside-from-birthing-me-my-first-grey-hai_2936578.jpg) > [The mere mechanical technique of acting can be taught, but the spirit that is to give life to lifeless forms must be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/the-mere-mechanical-technique-of-acting-can-be-taught-but-the-spirit/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db4/oscar-wilde-16_acting_the-mere-mechanical-technique-of-acting_2760045.jpg) > [Art itself cannot be taught, but craftsmanship can. Architects, painters, sculptors are all craftsmen in the original sense of the word. Thus…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-gropius/art-itself-cannot-be-taught-but-craftsmanship-can-architects-painters/) [Walter Gropius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-gropius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd0/walter-gropius-11267_architect_art-itself-cannot-be-taught-but-craftsma_2229848.jpg) > [Photography was increasingly being seen as something outside the art world. As a sort of illustration. They just fired the director of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stuart-franklin/photography-was-increasingly-being-seen-as-something-outside-the-art/) [Stuart Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stuart-franklin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/021/stuart-franklin-20575_art_photography-was-increasingly-being-seen_414664.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art-taught/#itemlist", "name": "Art Taught Quotes", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's art that's taught me to think and to write.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Andy Goldsworthy" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-goldsworthy/it-s-art-that-s-taught-me-to-think-and-to-write/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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