Humanity looks to works of art to shed light upon its path and its destiny. — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
There are more valid facts and details in works of art than there are in history books. — Charlie Chaplin Copy Share Image
Less disappointing than life, great works of art do not begin by giving us all their best. — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
Our individual lives cannot, generally, be works of art unless the social order is also. — Charles Horton Cooley Copy Share Image
Works of art imitate and provoke other works of art, the process is the source of art itself. — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
“Works of art are not born in flashes of inspiration but in daily fidelity.” — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
“...the special quality of works of Art being to produce the momentary conviction that anything else whatever could not possibly be so… — M.P. Shiel Copy Share Image
The finest works of art are those in which there is the least matter. The closer expression comes to thought, the more… — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
“The photos stirred feelings she couldn't quite frame in words, and this, she decided, must mean they were true works of art.” — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
Art was as much in the activity as in the results. Works of art were not just the finished product, but the… — Jean M. Auel Copy Share Image
They are works of art that can be considered works of art but don't have to be in the collection of the… — Michael Heizer Copy Share Image
“Hence Proust’s assertion that the greatness of works of art has nothing to do with the apparent quality of their subject matter,… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
Works of art are viewed by people. They are heard by people. They are felt by people. They are not just the… — L. Ron Hubbard Copy Share Image
Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to possess internal order, and that is why,… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
Ideas in art may be quite evident, and sometimes they're hidden. Sometimes they're simple, and sometimes they're quite complex. Great works of… — Philip Taaffe Copy Share Image
We have built for this world a family mansion, and the next a family tomb. The best works of art are the… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Beauty is not the purpose of creation, it is its reward. Its appearance, often late in the day, is no more than… — Brassai Copy Share Image
Seizing new ground, making connections between people or ideas, working without a map-these are works of art, and if you do them,… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Works of art are like a Trojan horse. Under the surface is always some artist's deeply held philosophy on their view of… — Travis Knight Copy Share Image
A lot of us have all sorts of ideas, and we select some rather than others and give expression to those... and… — Rupert Sheldrake Copy Share Image
I've always taken the view that works of art are not just things that we enjoy. They can convey truths about the… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
How certain human beings are able to create works of art is a mystery, and why they should wish to do so,… — Elizabeth Hardwick Copy Share Image
Great works of art can be produced in barbarous societies - in fact the very narrowness of primitive society gives their ornamental… — Kenneth Clark Copy Share Image
“The Work of Art. When I watch the audience at a concert or the crowd in the picture gallery I ask myself… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
“One thing, however, did become clear to him—why so many perfect works of art did not please him at all, why they… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
