Art Quote by Nicolas Winding Refn

Art is very much about making your weaknesses your strength.

— Nicolas Winding Refn

To me that's what art is about - when you don't really have any control over your desires to do it.

— Noah Taylor

Art, in other words, betrays a sexy mental fitness.

— Sam Kean

Art is jealous, and demands our whole strength ... .

— Vincent Van Gogh

Art cannot single-handedly create enthusiasm... it merely contributes to enthusiasm and guides us to be more conscious of feelings that we might previously have…

— Alain de Botton

Art never harms itself by keeping aloof from the social problems of the day: rather, by so doing, it more completely realises for us…

— Oscar Wilde

The trend towards pure art betrays not arrogance, as is often thought, but modesty. Art that has rid itself of human pathos is a…

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

Art is difficult. It's not always going to please everyone; it's not always going to work the way you want it to work.

— Michael Giacchino

It's very important that young artists push boundaries, because sometimes you have this urge to do something - like the impulsive and dangerous urges…

— Marina Abramovic

In every art the desire to practice it precedes both the full ability to do so and the possession of something worthwhile to express…

— Phyllis Bentley

I physically need to make art. Art isn't just a hobby for me. It's not something that I like. It's an intense passion, an…

— Sarah Lacy

Art arises from loss. I wish this weren't the case. I wish that every time I met a new woman and she rocked my…

— Steve Almond