Ability Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Art grows out of modes of perception that make you feel and think...that hooks on to something deep-running in our natures.

— Robert Hughes

Nature does not create works of art. It is we, and the faculty of interpretation peculiar to the human mind, that see art.

— Man Ray

Art is nature as seen through a temperament.

— Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot

Our time and attention is scarce. Art is not that important to us, no matter what we might like to believe.

— Tyler Cowen

The power of nature is what all art strives to be. The more we can get in tune with the harmony of the planet,…

— Rick Rubin

Nature seems to have treasured up the depth of our mind talents and abilities that we are not aware of; it is the privilege…

— Francois Alexandre Frederic, duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt

The more we study Art, the less we care for Nature. What Art really reveals to us is Nature's lack of design, her curious…

— Oscar Wilde

What is art? It is not just nature, it is nurtured nature. It is intelligence applied to what physical ability you have.

— Rudolf Nureyev

“Why do we sacrifice so much energy to our art? Not in order to teach others but to learn with them what our existence,…

— Jerzy Grotowski

I think what art is always doing is making us see the world so differently, and I don't mean just colors and light, but…

— Roselee Goldberg

Nature has mysterious infinities and imaginative power. It is always varying the productions it offers to us. The artist himself is one of nature's…

— Paul Gauguin

To accomplish artistic work, of any individual worth, nature must be seen through the medium of the artist's intellectual emotions.

— Gertrude Kasebier