Art Quote by John Knox

Excellence in art is to be attained only by active effort, and not by passive impressions; by the manly overcoming of difficulties, by patient…

— George Stillman Hillard

The greatness of art is not in the display of knowledge, or in material accuracy, but in the distinctness with which it conveys the…

— George Inness

“In every age, art holds up to us the standard pattern of exemplary conduct, and real life does its best to conform.”

— Dorothy Sayers

“Every talent, every feeling, every acquirement; nay, even every tendency towards virtue, was used up as materials for fireworks; the hidden, sacred fire, exhausted…

— Elizabeth Gaskell

A work of art rests its merits in traditional qualities. It may constitute a remarkable feat in craftsmanship; it may be a searching study…

— Ben Shahn

Works of art always spring from those who have faced the danger, gone to the very end of an experience, to the point beyond…

— Rainer Maria Rilke

Art is beauty, the perpetual invention of detail, the choice of words, the exquisite care of execution.

— Theophile Gautier

“Great art comes from passion, from a need to expose human spirit in the face of mortality, the small cruelties and heroisms that make…

— Deb Margolis

“Paint the canvas of the profession with vibrancies of passion.”

— Vikrmn: CA Vikram Verma

The purpose of Art is to create enthusiasm.

— Pablo Picasso

Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience.

— Alfred North Whitehead

“I believe that art is the highest expression of the human spirit. ~ I believe that we yearn to transcend the merely finite and…

— Joyce Carol Oates