Art Quotes

14657 Art quotes by 5537 unique authors

Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other hand, produces beautiful things which always become ugly with time. — Jean Cocteau
A film is a petrified fountain of thought. — Jean Cocteau
Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper. — Jean Cocteau
Art is a marriage of the conscious and the unconscious. — Jean Cocteau
Art is not a pastime but a priesthood. — Jean Cocteau
The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up. — Jean Cocteau
We want to answer this classical question, who am I? So I think that most of our works are for art, or whatever we do,… — Paulo Coelho
Let us be true: this is the highest maxim of art and of life, the secret of eloquence and of virtue, and of all moral… — Henri Frederic Amiel
To know how to suggest is the great art of teaching. To attain it we must be able to guess what will interest; we must… — Henri Frederic Amiel
Only in art will the lion lie down with the lamb, and the rose grow without thorn. — Martin Amis
I've got tonnes of aboriginal and Native American art, but I'd like even more. — Tori Amos
I was quite keen on silviculture, the growing of trees, and that was something I gave a lot of thought to. Maybe I could've gone… — Ian Anderson
I've never really had a hobby, unless you count art, which the IRS once told me I had to declare as a hobby since I… — Laurie Anderson
My hand is the extension of the thinking process - the creative process. — Tadao Ando
Find a beautiful piece of art. If you fall in love with Van Gogh or Matisse or John Oliver Killens, or if you fall love… — Maya Angelou
Art is so subjective, and people can react however they want. — Jennifer Aniston
I hate studio. For me, studio is a trap to overproduce and repeat yourself. It is a habit that leads to art pollution. — Marina Abramovic
Things are beautiful if you love them. — Jean Anouilh
Life is very nice, but it lacks form. It's the aim of art to give it some. — Jean Anouilh
From the very early stage when I started doing performance art in the '70s, the general attitude - not just me, but also my colleagues… — Marina Abramovic
I am not a therapist. I am not a spiritual leader. These elements are in the art: it is therapeutic, spiritual, social and political -… — Marina Abramovic
You know how you feel somebody looking at you, and you turn, and somebody actually is? It's the same at an art gallery. You're looking… — Marina Abramovic
The test of the artist does not lie in the will with which he goes to work, but in the excellence of the work he… — Thomas Aquinas
The knowledge of God is the cause of things. For the knowledge of God is to all creatures what the knowledge of the artificer is… — Thomas Aquinas
A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know. — Diane Arbus

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