Art Quote by Lafcadio Hearn

A work of art is good if it has arisen out of necessity. That is the only way one can judge it.

— Rainer Maria Rilke

Art does not in fact prove anything. What it does do is record one of those brief times, such as we each have and…

— Robert Adams

Art comes after the fact, as a witness to certain things that have happened.

— Raymond Pettibon

True art takes note not merely of form but also of what lies behind.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Whenever a great painter... does a work which appears to be false and lying, that falsity is very true.

— Michelangelo

Art is arbitrary but it sort of reveals itself to be right or wrong anyway.

— Regina Spektor

Failures in art usually lead to something else interesting.

— Will Cotton

True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Observe that it is a great error to believe that all mediums of art are not closely tied to their time.

— Camille Pissarro

True art must be evidence of happiness, contentment and purity of its authors.

— Mahatma Gandhi

There can be nothing exclusive about substantial art. It comes directly out of the heart of the experience of life and thinking about life…

— Charles Ives

True works of art are a manifestation of the higher laws of nature.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe