Art Quote by Oscar Wilde

There is the potential for much more spontaneity with prints than there is with the sculpture, which tends to be very slow, accretive kind…

— Martin Puryear

Do not be afraid that too much labour over the composition is going to kill the spontaneity. Those who absorb and digest their experiences…

— John F. Carlson

The complete and definitive work of art is created beyond one's individuality... ...The universal transcends such a level. Mere spontaneity has never created a…

— Theo van Doesburg

Art is there for nourishment, not explication.

— Walter Darby Bannard

Cleanliness is the scourge of art.

— Craig Brown

There is not only an art, but an eloquence in it.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

If the image was sketched onto the canvas and spontaneously drawn, colour would often be restrained and unfree... The most important and the most…

— Asger Jorn

“There are several ways to perform almost any act - an efficient, workable, artistic way and a careless, indifferent, sloppy way. Care and artistry…

— Helen Nearing

Just as a chemist "isolates" a substance from contaminations that distort his view of its nature and effects, so the work of art purifies…

— Rudolf Arnheim

Art needs an operation

— Tristan Tzara

Art flourishes where there is a sense of adventure, a sense of nothing having been done before, of complete freedom to experiment...

— Alfred North Whitehead

Artistry is to a large degree simplicity.

— L. Ron Hubbard