Art Quote by Jean Cocteau

“An artist cannot speak about his art anymore than a plant can discuss horticulture.”

— Jean Cocteau

Artists speak the truth to the public without fear of retribution or damage to their careers.

— Ron Silver

If artists cannot speak up for human dignity or rights, then who else will do it?

— Ai Weiwei

Well, a lot of people within government and big business are nervous of Hip Hop and Hip Hop artists, because they speak their minds.…

— Afrika Bambaataa

Artists will sometimes speak of Rome with disparagement or indifference while it is before them; but no artist ewer lived in Rome and then…

— George Stillman Hillard

That a viewer does not see what the artist intended does not make the composition a failure... In reality all artists speak first to…

— Mike Svob

Artists speak to a different part of us, bypassing the cloudy filter of reason and the fears and prejudices of the habitual mind.

— Wes Nisker

Poets and artists who speak of the mystery are rare.

— Joseph Campbell

“Years ago, when she'd studied the constructions of stem, blade, stamen, ovule, she loved the infinite possibilities of the plant kingdom- but she had…

— Diana Abu-Jaber

“There is a delicate-looking plant native to North America called bleeding heart.”

— Josh Aterovis

“Note what the catalogue says about colour and height and time of flowering, choose the appropriate shade of crayon and mark position of plant…

— Ethelind Fearon

“One cannot analyse the character of European gardens without looking beyond the Mediterranean. This is because horticulture, palace life and city-building developed in the…

— Tom Turner