Art Quote by Joshua Reynolds

Art demands of us that we shall not stand still.

— Ludwig van Beethoven

Unlike life, a work of art never gets taken for granted: it is always viewed against its precursors and predecessors.

— Joseph Brodsky

“Art is not merely a decorative enhancement of our lives, but a sign of our desire to live in the world fully and honestly.”

— Jan Zwicky

“No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a queer, divine dissastifaction; a blessed unrest that keeps…

— Martha Graham

I remain detached and distant, but it is under my eyes and my orders that the work of art must create itself. Then, when…

— Yves Klein

We'll always have art, darling.

— Ruth Wilson

“Art has been wrecked by a complete consciousness of the universe which shews that the world is to each man only a rubbish-heap limned…

— H.P. Lovecraft

To blossom forth, a work of art must ignore or rather forget all the rules.

— Pablo Picasso

The arts are encroaching one upon another, and from a proper use of this encroachment will rise the art that is truly monumental.

— Wassily Kandinsky

“The understanding of art depends finally upon one's willingness to extend one's humanity.”

— Ralph Ellison

Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to art.

— Baltasar Gracian

Art shouldn't be only the aesthetics we hang on the wall, but a dynamic to shape the society.

— Genco Gulan