Art Quotes · Page 50

“The first thousand are the hardest.”

— Herbert Gute

There are no rules in art.

— Siri Hustvedt

Art is purposiveness without purpose.

— Anonymous

There is no patriotic art.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Impressionism is the newspaper of the soul.

— Henri Matisse

Art is what we do when we're truly alive.

— Seth Godin

There is no depth to education without art.

— Amiri Baraka

“I'm an artist not an athlete.”

— Lisa Schroeder

I'm a really big Rihanna fan, and I think she's such an incredible artist.

— Charli XCX

for my own purpose, I defined the art of fiction as experience illuminated.

— Ellen Glasgow

Any blockhead can arrange a sublet. All I ever wanted was to support myself on art.

— Walter Keane

The artist is a member of the leisured classes who cannot pay for his leisure.

— Cyril Connolly

Those who still think listening isn't an art should see if they can do it half as well.

— Michael Ende

I've always liked the minds of criminals, they seem similar to artists.

— Richard Linklater

Diplomacy is the art of letting the other party have things your way.

— Daniele Vare

God's art speaks of Himself, reflecting who He is and what He is like.

— Francis Chan

Science, like art, religion, commerce, warfare, and even sleep, is based on presuppositions.

— Gregory Bateson

To me, the art of movies is to take a two-dimensional image and give the illusion of depth.

— William Friedkin

To listen closely and reply well is the highest perfection we are able to attain in the art of conversation.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

It is easier for women to succeed in business, the arts, and politics in America than in Europe.

— Hedy Lamarr

Only dull and impotent artists screen their work with sincerity. In art there is need for truth, not sincerity.

— Kazimir Malevich

“think how the world would’ve turned out if Hitler had gotten into art school, thought Lucien.”

— Anonymous

If the audience knew what they wanted then they wouldn't be the audience, they would be the artist.

— Alan Moore

Humanitarian convictions are the linchpins of our salvation, and these an artist must champion.

— Eric Maisel

“With a leer of mingled sweetness and slyness; with one eye on the future, one on the bride, and an arch expression…

— Charles Dickens

“The idea that Aphrodite was simply a representation of carnal lust is the product of much later representations of her. In fact,…

— Charles River Editors

Making art can be maddening at times and frustrating and not always rewarding, frequently not rewarding. But you do it because you…

— Michael C. McMillen

Only one percent of artists are really profitable and successful. Beyonce is one‑tenth of one percent. When we talk about what she…

— Mathew Knowles

It's not my job at the Institute to teach where people are in the art world - in the world of art…

— Lawrence Jordan

Fashion is kinda a joke. I don't get too bogged down in the clothes. For me, it's one big art project, just…

— Virgil Abloh

I like movies! No, I like theater too. And paintings are great, and all of that! But to me, the great sort…

— Leonardo DiCaprio

I'm always composing and trying to learn more about the business. In today's market, it's more important than ever to be self-sufficient…

— Antoniette Costa

I have to write. I have to be an artist.

— Louise Erdrich

I have so much love for art.

— Wendell Pierce

All art is at once surface and symbol.

— Oscar Wilde

“Art is a consciousness-provoking vessel.”

— ELLE NICOLAI

Most of my favourite artists are women.

— Oliver Sykes

True art consists in concealing art.

— Jean-Georges Noverre

The Art of War is self-explanatory

— Sun Tzu

The way is in training.

— Miyamoto Musashi