One must have a high opinion of a work of art - not the work one is creating at the moment, but… — Edgar Degas Copy Share Image
Works of art are meant to be lived with and loved, and if we try to understand them, we should try to… — William H. Gass Copy Share Image
Yes, influences are enriching, and they can be found in every work of art, even the most original. — Lukas Foss Copy Share Image
The water caught the Falselight glimmer like layers of shifting, translucent mirrors and formed split-second works of art in the air, but… — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
Celebrity has become, for better or worse, an art form. An artist can use themselves as a medium to become a celebrity… — Jeffrey Deitch Copy Share Image
The only way a work of art can become great is for one to acknowledge that it doesn't belong to anybody. The… — Paul Caponigro Copy Share Image
A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament. Its beauty comes from the fact that the author is… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
A successful work of art is not one which resolves contradictions in a spurious harmony, but one which expresses the idea of… — Theodor Adorno Copy Share Image
The contemplation of beauty, whether it be a uniquely tinted sunset, a radiant face, or a work of art, makes us glance… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
Infancy is the realm conveyed to us in dreams which look backward to the past. Adolescence, more like a work of art,… — Louise J. Kaplan Copy Share Image
Tea is a work of art and needs a master hand to bring out its noblest qualities. We have good and bad… — Okakura Kakuzo Copy Share Image
Family is a collective expression of individual perspective-a living work of art. — Wes Fesler Copy Share Image
There is probably nothing more sublime than discontent transmuted into a work of art, a scientific discovery, and so on. — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
The proper response to a great work of art is to enter it as though there were nothing else in the world. — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
“What is essential in a work of art is that it should rise far above the realm of personal life and speak… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The true work of art continues to unfold and create within the personality of the spectator. It is a continuous coming into… — Mervyn Levy Copy Share Image
We are...a Divine work of art, something that God is making...something with which He will not be satisfied until it has a… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
You create a work of art. You do not know whether it will get public sanction. Sometimes outstanding films do no business,… — Dev Anand Copy Share Image
I expect to see the coming decades transform the planet into an art form; the new man, linked in a cosmic harmony… — Marshall McLuhan Copy Share Image
The chief trick to making good mistakes is not to hide them - especially not from yourself. Instead of turning away in… — Daniel Dennett Copy Share Image
It is worthwhile adding that the power of the poem to teach not only sensibilities and the subtle movements of the spirit… — Guy Davenport Copy Share Image
Each work of art is a collection of signs invented during the picture's execution to suit the needs of their position. Taken… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
Men's bodies are our women's works of art. Given to us power of control, we will never carelessly throw them in to… — Olive Schreiner Copy Share Image
Each artist comes to the painting or sculpture because there he can be told that he, the individual, transcends all classes and… — Ben Shahn Copy Share Image
