Art Quote by Halldór Laxness

“In my opinion, it is not the writer’s job to solve such problems as the existence of God, pessimism, etc. The job of the…

— Anton Chekhov

“Art is a terrible preacher, but a tremendous conversationalist.”

— Melanie Dale

“And more even than the painter, the writer, in order to achieve volume and substance, in order to attain to generality and, so far…

— Marcel Proust

“A work of art broken into a million pieces cannot be pieced back together; it must be recreated into another art form so that…

— Danielle Luz Matias

“It is a mistake to think that the practice of my art has become easy to me. I assure you, dear friend, no one…

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

“The Christian Church has put a spiritual hierarchy on jobs. Ministers and missionaries are on top, then perhaps doctors and nurses come next, and…

— Steve Taylor

“Dear me! how long is art! And short is our life! I often know amid the scholar's strife A sinking feeling in my mind…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Good docents often begin by asking the viewer, “What do you see in this work?” The idea that the expert should be allowed to…

— Dale B. Martin

Every artist preserves deep within him a single source from which, throughout his lifetime, he draws what he is, and what he says. When…

— Albert Camus

“Even the greatest of painters cannot produce, however strenuously he exerts himself in pursuit of variety, more than 12 or 13 individual masterpieces. So…

— Soseki Natsume

“The world is so busy, too, that it cannot afford to study any man's unfinished work; for the end may prove it a failure,…

— Mary Antin

“There, then, is the role of the amateur: to look the world back to grace. There, too, is the necessity of his work: His…

— Robert Farrar Capon