--- title: "7 European Art Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 7 European Art quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best European Art sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f68/david-hockney-1395_art_i-m-sure-that-the-camera-is-part-of-euro_352377.png" --- > [I'm sure that the camera is part of European art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hockney/i-m-sure-that-the-camera-is-part-of-european-art/) [David Hockney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hockney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f68/david-hockney-1395_art_i-m-sure-that-the-camera-is-part-of-euro_352377.png) > [It's a European art form, and you're used to seeing a certain type of person as a ballerina. And I don't look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/misty-copeland/it-s-a-european-art-form-and-you-re-used-to-seeing-a-certain-type-of/) [Misty Copeland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/misty-copeland/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bc/misty-copeland-2012_art_it-s-a-european-art-form-and-you-re-used_675491.png) > [I'm going to start these art museums that are basically converted homes, and I have one for modern art, and I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-ellison/i-m-going-to-start-these-art-museums-that-are-basically-converted/) [Larry Ellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-ellison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5e/larry-ellison-3963_19th-century_i-m-going-to-start-these-art-museums-tha_969339.jpg) > [Always, European art cinema has been the most threatening and the grimmest and the most transgressive, I think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-waters/always-european-art-cinema-has-been-the-most-threatening-and-the/) [John Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-waters/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13d/john-waters-751_always_always-european-art-cinema-has-been-the_1207536.jpg) > [“Behren's work resists easy classification. It is part expedition journal, part museum installation, part allegorical theatre. At the centre of the evolving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-jansen/behren-s-work-resists-easy-classification-it-is-part-expedition/) [Christina Jansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-jansen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b0/christina-jansen-146745_1974_behren-s-work-resists-easy-classificatio_1347066.jpg) > [High culture is nothing but a child of that European perversion called history, the obsession we have with going forward, with considering…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/high-culture-is-nothing-but-a-child-of-that-european-perversion-2/) [Milan Kundera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milan-kundera/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52e/milan-kundera-120_art_high-culture-is-nothing-but-a-child-of-t_2137168.jpg) > [High culture is nothing but a child of that European perversion called history, the obsession we have with goingforward, with considering thesequence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/high-culture-is-nothing-but-a-child-of-that-european-perversion-3/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f0/anonymous-1_children_high-culture-is-nothing-but-a-child-of-t_2850427.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/european-art/#itemlist", "name": "European Art Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm sure that the camera is part of European art.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Hockney" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hockney/i-m-sure-that-the-camera-is-part-of-european-art/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f68/david-hockney-1395_art_i-m-sure-that-the-camera-is-part-of-euro_352377.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f68/david-hockney-1395_art_i-m-sure-that-the-camera-is-part-of-euro_352377.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f68/david-hockney-1395_art_i-m-sure-that-the-camera-is-part-of-euro_352377.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'm sure that the camera is part of European art.” — David Hockney", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's a European art form, and you're used to seeing a certain type of person as a ballerina. 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