Art Quote by Madeleine Thien

Art keeps its newness because it's at once unforgettable and impossible to remember entirely. Art is too volatile, multiple and evaporative to hold on…

— Jane Hirshfield

Without moving beyond a mere copy, there is no artistry, no originality or artistic advancement; only mechanics.

— Jennifer Young

Art is a deliberate recreation of a new and special reality that grows from your response to life. It cannot be copied; it must…

— Charles F Kettering

“Art is the refreshing source of existence.”

— sir kristian goldmund aumann

The effort of art is to keep what is interesting in existence, to recreate it in the eternal.

— George Santayana

Originality is what distinguishes art from craft. It is the yardstick of artistic greatness.

— H. W. Janson

Any genuine work of art generates new work.

— Donald Barthelme

“Art manifests itself in paradoxical ways. At times it creates and at times it gets created!”

— Avijeet Das

“Art builds upon art, builds upon art...nothing is purely original. We're all inspired by something...or someone. It's a never-ending chain of ideas...and it's magical.”

— Shannon Taylor Hodnett

Originality, then, ultimately distinguishes art from craft. We may say, therefore, that it is the yardstick of artistic greatness or importance.

— H. W. Janson

“Life as an art cannot be copied; it must be created.”

— Nadia Bandura