The production of a work of art is determined by the material and intellectual climate in which a man lives and dies. — Hippolyte Taine Copy Share Image
While the authority of the doctor or plumber is never questioned, everyone deems himself a good judge and an adequate arbiter of… — Mark Rothko Copy Share Image
I would like to try to understand what is. We know very little, and I am trying to do it by creating… — Gerhard Richter Copy Share Image
All a work of art can do is present the surface. I can't know the insides of people. I know very little… — John Banville Copy Share Image
When someone between twenty and forty says, apropos of a work of art, 'I know what I like,' he is really saying… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Nature does not create works of art. It is we, and the faculty of interpretation peculiar to the human mind, that see… — Man Ray Copy Share Image
Jed Perl writes precisely and ecstatically. Antoine' s Alphabet is a history and a fairy tale, a work of criticism, and a… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
Art is nothing tangible. We cannot call a painting 'art' as the words 'artifact' and 'artificial' imply. The thing made is a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Every work of art needs a spine – an underlying theme, a motive for coming into existence. It doesn't have to be… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
Works of Art are meant to connect the human heart to inspiration, for cosmic consciousness to grow in the Supreme Reality rooted… — Nelly Mazloum Copy Share Image
God is busy with the completion of your work, both outwardly and inwardly. He is fully occupied with you. Every human being… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think they're bogus, honestly. How utter garbage like Crash and Million Dollar Baby can win best picture, where true works of… — Zach Braff Copy Share Image
Where the perhapses are found something has to be done about it and since art deals in the perhapses & maybe sos… — John Marin Copy Share Image
You turn your life into a work of art in order to redeem the ordinariness - a condition you are stuck with. — Robert Dessaix Copy Share Image
The heaviest impact of the work of art is in the guts. Art does not reason. It manhandles you and changes you... — Lawrence Durrell Copy Share Image
Each poet probably has his or her own cupboard of magnets. For some, it is cars; for others, works of art, or… — Jane Hirshfield Copy Share Image
Shall I tell you what I think are the two qualities of a work of art? First, it must be indescribable, and… — Pierre-Auguste Renoir Copy Share Image
Wonder at the first sight of works of art may be the effect of ignorance and novelty; but real admiration and permanent… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
I find relatively little relationship between the work of art and the immediate critical response it gets. — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
I love skating. I love the speed, the power, the excitement, the feeling that --- even for just a moment --- I… — Brian Boitano Copy Share Image
All writing, all art, is an act of faith. If one tries to contribute to human understanding, how can that be called… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
Originality is another criterion of aesthetic value. We may formulate an originality principle, according to which highly valuable works of art provide… — James Young Copy Share Image
