Art Quote by Edward Weston

Art is order, made out of the chaos of life.

— Saul Bellow

Despite its self-regard, and much like a society of devout followers, the art world relies on consensus as heavily as it depends on individual…

— Sarah Thornton

Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos.

— Stephen Sondheim

For art is order, but it is born out of the chaos of life.

— May Sarton

“Art has no influence upon action. It annihilates the desire to act. It is superbly sterile. The books that the world calls immoral are…

— Oscar Wilde

Art is amoral, whether we accept this or not; it does not take sides. The finest fictions are cold at heart.

— John Banville

Art has been hijacked by nonartists. It's been taken over by bookkeeping. The whole thing is so corrupt. But I suppose that's okay. For…

— Elaine de Kooning

“If a work of art is rich and vital and complete, those who have artistic instincts will see its beauty, and those to whom…

— Oscar Wilde

Most works of art are, necessarily, bad...; one suffers through the many for the few.

— Randall Jarrell

Art is maybe a subversive activity. There is a certain rebellion when you are an artist at heart, even if only in the art…

— Philippe Petit

I think that the first responsibility of an artist is to follow truth, and the innate original forces and energies that are within them.…

— Tony Shafrazi

Some sort of pressure must exist; the artist exists because the world is not perfect. Art would be useless if the world were perfect,…

— Andrei Tarkovsky