Art Quote by Edgar Degas

Nothing in art should seem accidental, not even movement

— Edgar Degas

Repetition is the death of art.

— Robin Green

Art and accident are one.

— Frederick Sommer

“Art is not an assembly of accidents. You have to master the rules before you break them.”

— M. Pierce

“... it often occurs that a work of art — even though incomprehensible — remains in the mind, and produces its effect years later,…

— Walter Pach

“Art manifests itself in paradoxical ways. At times it creates and at times it gets created!”

— Avijeet Das

Art doesn't just happen by accident. It is about pulling out new tricks and trying new things.

— Nicholas Meyer

The work of art is an ostentatiously improbable occurrence.

— Niklas Luhmann

If you have something you do that's unique, you just end up in situations. Your art can take you to places without you working…

— Reggie Watts

That which achieves its effect by accident is not art.

— Seneca the Younger

art itself shuns commonality: while the scientist may seek the phenomenon that repeats itself, the artist seeks the exception.

— Dore Ashton

“The problem is, of course, that art typically requires an audience, which loops us right back to the problem of observing actions and losing…

— Maggie Nelson