Art Quote by Fernand Leger

It is a fine art because it strives for an ideal, not only in plastic but also in lyrical respect.

— August Bournonville

“You see, for me a painting is a dramatic action in the course of which the reality finds itself split apart. For me, that…

— Francoise Gilot

The artistic image is not intended to represent the thing itself, but, rather, the reality of the force the thing contains.

— Anonymous

Art could be said to be a symbol of the universe, being linked with that absolute spiritual truth which is hidden from us in…

— Andrei Tarkovsky

Artwork is a representation of our devotion to life.

— Agnes Martin

... the image of feeling created by artists, in every kind of art -- plastic, musical, poetic, balletic -- serves to hold the reality…

— Susanne Katherina Langer

There is a primacy of each individual object. And we'll see! That's the whole point of making sculpture, to present a question in a…

— Lawrence Weiner

Human life itself may be almost pure chaos, but the work of the artist is to take these handfuls of confusion and disparate things,…

— Katherine Anne Porter

Art is really people asking the eternal question, "What is it all about?"

— Gene Roddenberry

“The object of the artist is the creation of the beautiful. What beautiful is is another question”

— James Joyce

“ Art is an act of love in likeness of itself Spirit moulding matter into lovely form ”

— Francis Brabazon

“Art is not merely a decorative enhancement of our lives, but a sign of our desire to live in the world fully and honestly.”

— Jan Zwicky