If there is no point in the universe that we discover by the methods of science, there is a point that we… — Steven Weinberg Copy Share Image
Just as a chemist "isolates" a substance from contaminations that distort his view of its nature and effects, so the work of… — Rudolf Arnheim Copy Share Image
The purpose of the painter is simply to reproduce in other minds the impression which a scene has made upon him. A… — George Inness Copy Share Image
“To me there is no past or future in art. If a work of art cannot live always in the present it… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To create a work of art, great or small, is work, hard work, and work requires discipline and order. — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
I search for surprise in my architecture. A work of art should cause the emotion of newness. — Oscar Niemeyer Copy Share Image
Dept. of Speculation is gorgeous, funny, a profound and profoundly moving work of art. Jenny Offill is a master of form and… — Sam Lipsyte 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
Interpretation, based on the highly dubious theory that a work of art is composed of items of content, violates art. It makes… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
I remain detached and distant, but it is under my eyes and my orders that the work of art must create itself.… — Yves Klein Copy Share Image
A work of art is something produced by a person, but is not that person — it is of her, but is… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
I am afraid that as evangelicals, we think that a work of art only has value if we reduce it to a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I don’t like the idea of “understanding” a film. I don’t believe that rational understanding is an essential element in the reception… — Federico Fellini Copy Share Image
It is no less a feat to keep what you have, than to increase it. In one there is chance, the other… — Ovid Copy Share Image
There are three classes of readers; some enjoy without judgment; others judge without enjoyment; and some there are who judge while they… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
The general misunderstanding of a work of art is often due to the fact that the key to its spiritual content and… — Hans Hofmann Copy Share Image
The historian is looked upon as objective when he measures the past by the popular opinions of his own time, as subjective… — Georg Brandes Copy Share Image
For me, the '60s in the automotive industry was awesome. The cars are heavy, huge, rolling works of art. — Apolo Ohno Copy Share Image
In the vaunted works of Art, The master-stroke is Nature's part. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Art is a nation's most precious heritage. For it is in our works of art that we reveal to ourselves and to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
No matter how consummate a work of art may seem, it is only an approximation of the original conception. It is the… — Edgard Varese Copy Share Image
