Art Quote by Franz Grillparzer Download Open image “In Germany, a certain artistic sense is fairly common, but the artist's sense is foreign there.” — Franz Grillparzer ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Art Artist Artistic Certain Common Germany
Sometimes we look at a work of art and we immediately think that it is German art, but with some we don't, it's not… — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
The Germans believe that, no matter where, they can get by on knowledge alone. Art, however, requires skill. — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
It is not the language of painters but the language of nature which one should listen to, the feeling for the things themselves, for… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
“The advantage of having an artistic tradition is that the younger artist could see an organic link between the real life of one's country… — Kuo Pao Kun Copy Share Image
“Early in this century a group of passionate artists in Russia claimed that the essence of art was to make the familiar seem strange.… — Sueellen Campbell Copy Share Image
Art is a foreign city, and we deceive ourselves when we think it familiar. We have to recognize that the language of art, all… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
The language of images [of inner-oriented artists] does not follow a code structure that is evident and widely accepted, but is more likely to… — Kenneth Coutts-Smith Copy Share Image
Art is not arbitrary. A fine painting is not there by accident; it is not arrived at by chance. We are sensitive to tonalities. — Frederick Sommer Copy Share Image
“Art is more than a sum of cultural signs: It is a language both direct and associative, and has a grammar and syntax like… — David Salle Copy Share Image
The artist in all societies has traditionally been a kind of barometer, more sensitive to nuances and changes than others, because he is more… — Hortense Powdermaker Copy Share Image
Genius differs from talent not by the amount of original thoughts, but by making the latter fertile and by positioning them properly, in other… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
The noble woman is half a man, even a complete one. Only their imperfections make them women. — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
It's the misfortune of German authors that not a single one of them dares to expose his true character. Everyone thinks that he has… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
Genius resembles a bell; in order to ring it must be suspended into pure air, and when a foreign body touches it, its joyful… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
Whoever considers morality the main objective of human existence, seems to me like a person who defines the purpose of a clock asnot going… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
Those who want to row on the ocean of human knowledge do not get far, and the storm drives those out of their course… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
The military and the clergy cause us much annoyance; the clergy and the military, they empty our wallets and rob our intelligence. — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
I'd wish the government took honest people into consideration, it shows enough consideration for scoundrels. — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
Much as I honor the wisdom of the princess--there is something more dashing about a man. — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
Only by himself, with one acre and a house, will a dunce be a dunce. Once he manages to gain power, he'll turn into… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
The old harlot, German philosophy, has finally turnedinto a church lady. — Franz Grillparzer 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