Great art transcends its culture and touches on that which is eternal. — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
A great artist has a unique vision...obsession. They are someone willing to fail flamboyantly. — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
For great things do not done just happen by impulse but are a succession of small things linked together. — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
Great art is precisely that which never was, nor will be taught, it is preeminently and finally the expression of the spirits… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
The great art of governing consists in not letting men grow old in their jobs. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Your life is a work of art, and in the end, the underlying theme of great art is bravery and hope and… — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
What makes for great art is the courage to speak and write and paint what you know and care about. — Audrey Flack Copy Share Image
I like Simon Cowell - look at how many great artists have come out of the U.K. because of him. — George Benson Copy Share Image
The great artists are those who impose their personal vision upon humanity. — Guy de Maupassant Copy Share Image
In general, you have great artists who have died far too early and who have left great cultural impact. If you look… — Simon de Pury Copy Share Image
I don't think the audience goes and thinks of the movie as a piece of art - there are some independent people… — Antoine Fuqua Copy Share Image
Prayer is a fine, delicate instrument. To use it right is a great art, a holy art. There is perhaps no greater… — Ole Hallesby Copy Share Image
It's very true that an artist who networks well will have better opportunities than one who doesn't network well. But great networking… — Mark Kostabi Copy Share Image
A great part of art consists in imitation. For the whole conduct of life is based on this: that what we admire… — Quintilian Copy Share Image
A great artist... must be shaken by the naked truths that will not be comforted. This divine discontent, this disequilibrium, this state… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
“I know great art when someone doesn’t wash their hands after making it. And not only did Duchamp not wash his hands,… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
The pursuit of perfection always implies a definite aristocracy, which is as much a goal of effort as a noble philosophy, an… — Ralph Adams Cram Copy Share Image
Any great artist is wrestling with their sadness and loneliness, their fears, anxieties and securities, and they're transfiguring those into complicated forms… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
Great artistic talent in any direction... is hardly inherent to the man. It comes and goes; it is often possessed only for… — Hilaire Belloc Copy Share Image
Always take yourself seriously... it's not the same as being pompous, or overly self-assured, but it is important to understand that the… — Wolfgang Tillmans Copy Share Image
It is so important for me to keep authentic Cuban sounds alive. All of these great artists have changed the landscape of… — Gloria Estefan Copy Share Image
Great artists are products of their own time: they do not spring forth fully equipped from the head of Jove, but are… — Germaine Greer Copy Share Image
I feel when you walk into somebody's apartment on Fifth Avenue or house in Malibu and you see a Basquiat, a Warhol,… — Jean Pigozzi Copy Share Image
It is certain that the real function of art is to increase our self-consciousness; to make us more aware of what we… — J. W. N. Sullivan Copy Share Image
The most basic task of any museum must be the protection of works of cultural significance entrusted to its care for the… — Martin Filler Copy Share Image