Art Quote by Max Eastman

Art is life, plus caprice.

— William Ernest Hocking

Romantic art is the fuel and the spark plug of a Man's soul. It's task is to set a soul on fire and never…

— Ayn Rand

In aesthetic theory it might be extremely difficult, if not quite impracticable, to draw a line between the canon of classicism, or regard for…

— Thorstein Veblen

“Wonderful art can spring from misery,I'm the last person to deny that.I'd go even further:the best works of art of all time are probably…

— Esther Verhoef

The love of art in its many forms lives on and enables us to enjoy the past, the present, and look with confidence to…

— John Kurtz

Art is a luxury but also a necessity.

— Edwidge Danticat

Romantic art deals with the exception and with the individual. Good people, belonging as they do to the normal, and so, commonplace type, are…

— Oscar Wilde

Art is supposed to change and grow and accord with the times. It seems perfect to me that we have a period drama with…

— Claudia Jessie

I believe that all true art is classic, but the dictates of the mind rarely permit of its being recognized as such when it…

— Marcel Proust

There is a subtle and unmistakable touch of love and pride, beyond mere skill, almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish…

— Joseph Conrad

Romanticism was more than merely an alternative to a sterile classicism; romanticism made possible, especially in art, a great expansion of the human consciousness.

— Edward Abbey

Art is not a luxury, but a necessity.

— Rebecca West