Art Quotes

14657 Art quotes by 5537 unique authors

Nothing is as dangerous in architecture as dealing with separated problems. If we split life into separated problems we split the possibilities to make good… — Alvar Aalto
Poetry remembers that it was an oral art before it was a written art. — Jorge Luis Borges
Art always opts for the individual, the concrete; art is not Platonic. — Jorge Luis Borges
I felt I really wanted to back off from music completely and just work within the visual arts in some way. I started painting quite… — David Bowie
I just get the feeling that if Jesse Helms was in charge of art in America, you'd go into a museum and see nothing but… — Elayne Boosler
The message of great art is to disturb. — Elayne Boosler
The great artist is a slave to his ideals. — Christian Nestell Bovee
Art is one thing that can go on mattering once it has stopped hurting. — Elizabeth Bowen
Illusions are art, for the feeling person, and it is by art that we live, if we do. — Elizabeth Bowen
I don't think there is such a thing as being too raunchy when it comes to the art form of burlesque. — Christina Aguilera
Female artists are the perfect example of a creator: They know how to make life and art with their bodies. Life comes from their bodies,… — Brandon Boyd
Music draws from almost the identical place as art does, which really is that intangible - it's like you're pulling from the ether. I don't… — Brandon Boyd
I love all of the arts. I love motion pictures. I love stage. I love theater. — Ray Bradbury
Science fiction is any idea that occurs in the head and doesn't exist yet, but soon will, and will change everything for everybody, and nothing… — Ray Bradbury
I love doing normal things - movies, shopping, going out with friends, writing, reading, taking hot bubble baths - that's a big one for relaxation.… — Christina Aguilera
Create like a god, command like a king, work like a slave. — Constantin Brancusi
What is real is not the external form, but the essence of things... it is impossible for anyone to express anything essentially real by imitating… — Constantin Brancusi
Don't look for obscure formulas or mystery in my work. It is pure joy that I offer you. Look at my sculptures until you see… — Constantin Brancusi
Simplicity is not an objective in art, but one achieves simplicity despite one's self by entering into the real sense of things. — Constantin Brancusi
When you see a fish you don't think of its scales, do you? You think of its speed, its floating, flashing body seen through the… — Constantin Brancusi
Unfortunately, the boards of art institutions tend to be populated with well-meaning supporters of the arts who often lack any business background or appetite for… — Eli Broad
Of all those arts in which the wise excel, Nature's chief masterpiece is writing well. — Andre Breton
One of the things I want to do that's outside the realm of acting and the arts - although both have their place in this… — Jeff Bridges
I'm very manipulative towards directors. My theory is that everyone on the set is directing the film, we're all receiving art messages from the universe… — Jeff Bridges
I'm very much into the costuming of any character that I portray and it's one of the great things about making movies is it's a… — Jeff Bridges

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