Art Quotes

14657 Art quotes by 5537 unique authors

I began to exercise a lot of cinematic muscle with the precepts I had learned in the New York art world. Film was intriguing. I… — Kathryn Bigelow
My dad used to draw these great cartoon figures. His dream was being a cartoonist, but he never achieved it, and it kind of broke… — Kathryn Bigelow
I used to have a list of things from my school buddies of what kind of art material they wanted. I'd go up to the… — Ronald Biggs
Must we be put to shame by much smaller and poorer countries, by Ireland, France, Austria or Sweden, who have understood that a nation's support… — Theodore Bikel
No heirloom of humankind captures the past as do art and language. — Theodore Bikel
As an artist I have an even more abiding interest in the compact between the Arts and Government. — Theodore Bikel
Magic's an art where you use slight of hand or illusion to create wonder. And I was just intrigued with that idea. — David Blaine
I am a great lover of art, in many forms: paintings, objets, textiles. I don't have the talent for painting, but I have a very… — Jacqueline Bisset
I think that many things that go on in an art school have a tendency to undermine confidence, and that shouldn't be part of the… — Lewis Black
Playing a Fender is an art itself. They're always going out of tune. — Ritchie Blackmore
The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes. — Tony Blair
You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough. — William Blake
I must create a system or be enslaved by another mans; I will not reason and compare: my business is to create. — William Blake
He who would do good to another must do it in Minute Particulars: general Good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocrite, and flatterer, for… — William Blake
Art is the tree of life. Science is the tree of death. — William Blake
Art can never exist without naked beauty displayed. — William Blake
The foundation of empire is art and science. Remove them or degrade them, and the empire is no more. Empire follows art and not vice… — William Blake
Building art is a synthesis of life in materialised form. We should try to bring in under the same hat not a splintered way of… — Alvar Aalto
Jazz is known all over the world as an American musical art form and that's it. No America, no jazz. I've seen people try to… — Art Blakey
To sing a song is like whispering to a child's ear. It is an art heavily relying on improvisation. — Andrea Bocelli
I have trouble with modern art. But in general, all art forms fascinate me - art is the way human beings express what we can't… — Andrea Bocelli
A picture is worth a thousand words. — Napoleon Bonaparte
You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war. — Napoleon Bonaparte
I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out… — Napoleon Bonaparte
The job of art is to chase ugliness away. — Unknown Author

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