Art Quote by Blaise Cendrars

I put my head out of my window and see how much the wind’s knife wants to slice it off. On this unseen guillotine,…

— Anonymous

“The guillotine is the ultimate expression of Law, and its name is vengeance; it is not neutral, nor does it allow us to remain…

— Victor Hugo

“In fact, when the scaffold is there, all erected and prepared, it has something about it which produces hallucination. One may feel a certain…

— Victor Hugo

The crocodile cannot turn its head. Like all science, it must always go forward with all-devouring jaws.

— Pyotr Kapitsa

It isnecessary to destroy the pretended nobility, entirely literaryand traditional, of marble and bronze? The sculptor can use twenty different materials, or even more,…

— Umberto Boccioni

“I know not why, but all the noblest arts hold in perfection but for a very little moment. They soon reach a height from…

— Samuel Butler

Acting like a robot Its metal brain corrodes. You try to take its pulse before the head explodes.

— Megadeth

My head's a carousel of pictures and The spinning never stops.

— Conor Oberst

Art that only comes from the head isn't any good. Watch any good musician and you'll see what I mean.

— Austin Kleon

“Remember, the masterpiece of your life is perpetually in progress—each date a fresh stroke on your canvas.”

— Léon RocheBlance

“This is what great masterpieces must feel like on museum walls—like sighing, like climbing out of their rigidly stretched frames, and falling, boneless, into…

— Leylah Attar

If we now seek the spiritual significance of the technique of Michelangelo we shall find that his sculpture expressed restless energy...

— Auguste Rodin