Art Quote by Anonymous

“Behind every work of art lies the enormous pretension of exhibiting one's vision of the world. If such obvious arrogance is not counterbalanced by…

— Amélie Nothomb

“We will, of course, without hesitation use art to parody, ridicule, debunk, or criticize ideologies--but this is very different.”

— David Foster Wallace

“You are the artist of your existence, my dear. So color the canvas of your destiny and mold the shape of your reality. Never…

— Becca Lee

“In art, either as creators or participators, we are helped to remember some of the glorious things we have forgotten, and some of the…

— Madeleine L'Engle

“The work of artists and scietists is ultimately the pursuit of truth, but members of both camps understand that truth is its very nature…

— Daniel J. Levitin

“I hate when art becomes a religion. I feel the opposite. When you start putting a higher value on works of art than people,…

— Woody Allen

“Try to remember that artists in these catastrophic times, along with the serious scientists, are the only salvation for us, if there is to…

— William H. Gass

“Art that puts itself in dependence on orthodoxy,even under the most progressive doctrine,is doomed to failure.”

— Anatoli Rybakov

“I always thought that if I suffered enough in service of Art, if I laid down my life to please the world, I could…

— Amelia Gray

“For God sake write and don't worry about what the boys will say nor whether it will be a masterpiece nor what. I write…

— Ernest Hemingway

“Without our artists and storytellers, we have no history, and without history your future is unmoored -- we drift. It is art, never war,…

— Sharon E. McKay

“This highest kind of truth is never something the artist takes as given. It's not his point of departure but his goal. Though the…

— John Gardner