Art Quote by Francis Bacon Sr Download Open image “The job of the artist is to deepen the mystery” — Francis Bacon Sr ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Art Artist Artist Deepen Deepen Deepen Mystery Job Artist Mystery
I think we're very much in a mystery here in this life and that artists try to pierce the mystery with their art. — Mary Gauthier Copy Share Image
You have your own perceptions as an artist because you're put on this planet to create mystery, but you're put here to unravel mysteries… — Anthony Davis Copy Share Image
The goal of the artist is not to resolve life's mysteries, but to deepen them. — Jerry Uelsmann Copy Share Image
“If there is no mystery, for the artist, to solve inside of his art, then there's no point in it. . . . for… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
The artist's job, I think, is to be a conduit for mystery. To intuit it, and recognize that the story-germ has some inherent mystery… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
The key to the mystery of a great artist is that for reasons unknown, he will give away his energies and his life just… — Leonard Bernstein Copy Share Image
If there is no mystery, for the artist, to solve inside of his art, then there's no point in it…for me, every act of… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
This delivering of knowledge in distinct and disjointed aphorisms doth leave the wit of man more free to turn and toss, and to make… — Francis Bacon Sr Copy Share Image
If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world, and that his heart is no… — Francis Bacon Sr Copy Share Image
Young men are fitter to invent than to judge, fitter for execution than for counsel, and fitter for new projects than for settled business. — Francis Bacon Sr Copy Share Image
The best preservative to keep the mind on health is the faithful admonition of a friend. — Francis Bacon Sr Copy Share Image
He that defers his charity until he is dead is, if a man weighs it rightly, rather liberal of another man's goods than his… — Francis Bacon Sr Copy Share Image
The desire for power in excess caused angels to fall; the desire for knowledge in excess caused man to fall; but in charity is… — Francis Bacon Sr Copy Share Image
Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. — Francis Bacon Sr Copy Share Image
True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Before Noah, men having only water to drink, could not find the truth. Accordingly...they became abominably wicked, and they were justly exterminated by the… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“Hear the sum of the whole matter in the compass of one brief word — every art possessed by man comes from Prometheus.” — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
I think most artists feel like they're outside society - no matter how many accolades they receive, or how much money is in your… — Aaron Rose Copy Share Image
The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
That's the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“So, really," continued Jacob as if this were perfectly normal to expound on art in these circumstances, "when you think about it, the artists… — Justina Chen Headley Copy Share Image
“There are two options in art; either to adopt philosophical life by dissecting art, or to write your own philosophical life and claim it… — Taf Teh Copy Share Image
The house has to serve comfort. The work of art is revolutionary; the house is conservative. — Adolf Loos Copy Share Image
During human progress, every science is evolved out of its corresponding art. — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
In literature and art memory is a synonym for invention. It is the life-blood of imagination, which faints and dies when the veins are… — Robert Aris Willmott Copy Share Image
I think a business guy is different from an artist. They walk different paths. Artists create the best outputs when they're having fun. And… — G-Dragon Copy Share Image