Art Quote by Oscar Wilde

“Nothing really at any period of my life was ever of the smallest importance to me compared with Art. But in the case of…

— Oscar Wilde

“I blame myself without reserve for my weakness. It was merely weakness. One half-hour with Art was always more to me than a cycle…

— Oscar Wilde

“An artist, however modest, is always willing to hear himself preferred to his rivals, and tries only to see that justice is done them.”

— Marcel Proust

“It is sometimes said that the tragedy of an artist's life is that he cannot realize his ideal.”

— Oscar Wilde

“Force, in overabundance, is the enemy of artistry.”

— Tom Verducci

“Well, nothing helps an artist’s career more than a little death and obscurity, I always say.”

— Dan Simmons

“An artist is a creature driven by demons. He doesn’t know why they choose him and he’s usually too busy to wonder why. He…

— William Faulkner

“The value of an artist is more because of his originality than his skill.”

— Amit Kalantri

“Art is a spirit and soul thing. Anything else is mere desperation.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

“...the special quality of works of Art being to produce the momentary conviction that anything else whatever could not possibly be so good.”

— M.P. Shiel

“Works of art are infinitely solitary and nothing is less likely to reach them than criticism. Only love can grasp them and hold them…

— Rainer Maria Rilke

“An artist has got to get acquainted with himself just as much as he can. It is no easy job, for it is not…

— Chaim Potok