Art Quote by Michelangelo

. . . the triumph of my art is in thoroughly examining whether the thought which the mind of the young man brings forth…

— Plato

“What am I in the eyes of most people — a nonentity, an eccentric, or an unpleasant person — somebody who has no position…

— Vincent Van Gogh

“A writer, or any man, must believe that whatever happens to him is an instrument; everything has been given for an end. This is…

— Jorge Luis Borges

“It is well known that great art, great music and great literature can emerge out of great pain. This does not lessen the reality…

— Christopher J.H. Wright

“I should like to make life beautiful--I mean everybody's life. And then all this immense expense of art, that seems somehow to lie outside…

— George Eliot

“the artist descends within himself, and in that lonely region of stress and strife, if he be deserving and fortunate, he finds the terms…

— Joseph Conrad

“I owe it all to words and art, the peace that came with a flicker of a pen silenced the suffering; eased the pain…

— Nikki Rowe

I felt so insufficiently equipped, so unprepared, so weak, and at the same time it seemed to me that my reflections on art were…

— Edgar Degas

“I cannot think of those years without horror, loathing and heartache. I killed men in war and challenged men to duels in order to…

— Leo Tolstoy

such incidents brought me to the verge of despair, but little more and I would have put an end to my life - only…

— Ludwig van Beethoven

“...he knew of the innermost danger of all artists, he knew the utter loneliness of the man destined to be an artist, he knew…

— Hermann Broch

“At times like this you desperately need Art. You seek to reconnect with your spiritual illusions, and you wish fervently that something might rescue…

— Muriel Barbery