Art Quote by Leo Tolstoy

The idea of beauty is the fundamental idea of everything. In the world we see only distortions of the fundamental idea, but art, by…

— Leo Tolstoy

There have been many definitions of beauty in art. What is it? Beauty is what the untrained eyes consider abominable.

— Edmond de Goncourt

“Art has something to do with beauty. The act of creating beauty pulls the portion of your soul to the surface that is true…

— Timothy Simpson

Art strives for form, and hopes for beauty.

— Rose Bird

The strong experience of nature... is the necessary basis for all conception of art on which rests the grandeur and beauty of all future…

— Paul Cezanne

“Art is the expression of appreciation of beauty real or imagined. It's also an examination of what it means to be alive with all…

— Jay Woodman

Art is - representing the beautiful. There must be Art in everything.

— Swami Vivekananda

Art is a divine thing. It can only be rightly expressed if opposed, to bring out its inner beauty that lies behind.

— Meher Baba

“Art is a true aesthetic synthesis , "a priori" of feeling and image in the intuition, as to which it may be repeated that…

— Benedetto Croce

Art exists through the act of making. It has to somehow be made manifest to another person. It has to do with what one…

— Philip Taaffe

Art is about expressing the true nature of the human spirit in whatever way one wishes to express it. If it is honest, it…

— Corin Nemec

The expression of beauty is in direct ratio to the power of conception the artist has acquired.

— Gustave Courbet