Artistic Quotes

855 Artistic quotes by 700 unique authors

Now, when I came on to Washington to begin my job, I was so interested in photography at that time that I really would have… — Ben Shahn
Chess is something more than a game. It is an intellectual diversion which has certain artistic qualities and many scientific elements. — Jose Raul Capablanca
Capablanca's play produced and still produces an irresistable artistic effect. In his games a tendency towards simplicity predominated, and in this simplicity there was a… — Mikhail Botvinnik
Playing chess is more athletic than artistic. Champions are more concerned with victory than beauty: it's war with occasionally graceful kicks. — Jennifer Shahade
One can say that in the last decades chess has become more of a sport than of a science. I see it from an artistic… — Judit Polgar
I want the stark beauty that a lens can so exactly render presented without interference of artistic effect. — Edward Weston
The ability to make a truly artistic photograph is not acquired off-hand, but is the result of an artistic instinct coupled with years of labor. — Alfred Stieglitz
A win by an unsound combination, however showy, fills me with artistic horror — Wilhelm Steinitz
For success I consider three factors are necessary: firstly, an awareness of my own strengths and weaknesses; secondly, an accurate understanding of my opponent's strengths… — Alexander Alekhine
A great deal of the joy of life consists in doing perfectly, or at least to the best of one's ability, everything which one attempts… — William Matthews
The only person who has artistic control is the director, and 'director' is how you spell God in Hollywood. — Tom Clancy
Cooks are in some ways very much like actors; they must be fit and strong, since acting and cooking are two of the most exacting… — Andre Simon
Unfortunately, moral beauty in art - like physical beauty in a person - is extremely perishable. It is nowhere so durable as artistic or intellectual… — Susan Sontag
Your attitude is more important than the events happening around you. Artists develop a syndrome taught in art schools. It is a malady titled, 'Artistic… — Jack White
I think that promoting insecurity in the form of plastic surgery is infinitely more harmful than an artistic expression related to body modification. — Lady Gaga
What Artistic and Scientific Experience Have in Common - Where the world ceases to be the scene of our personal hopes and wishes, where we… — Albert Einstein
The satisfaction of physical needs is indeed the indispensable pre-condition of a satisfactory existence, but in itself it is not enough. In order to be… — Albert Einstein
The great moral teachers of humanity were in a way artistic geniuses in the art of living. — Albert Einstein
My artistic goal was to write something that's one hundred percent real and true to me and to this world. I tried to touch on… — Mat Kearney
I remember being a 12 year old art kid and feeling like there was no exciting art movement happening, especially for somebody like me. I… — Unknown Author

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