Art Quote by Scott McCloud

Nothing is art if it does not come from nature.

— Anonymous

Art is a product of nature in general, in the particular form of human nature.

— Anton Webern

What is art? It is not just nature, it is nurtured nature. It is intelligence applied to what physical ability you have.

— Rudolf Nureyev

Art is nature as seen through a temperament.

— Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot

Art is the child of Nature.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Nature does not create works of art. It is we, and the faculty of interpretation peculiar to the human mind, that see art.

— Man Ray

Art takes nature as its model.

— Aristotle

But what is art other than revealing human nature?

— Marina Abramovic

There must be something about art... almost all cultures have done art. It's a refining of the senses, which are there to keep us…

— Roy Lichtenstein

What is art? Nature concentrated.

— Honore de Balzac

Art is both creation and recreation. Of the two ideas, I think art as recreation or as sheer play of the human spirit is…

— Lin Yutang

There isn't any art until some creature sees and consumes it. And has a reaction.

— Richard Artschwager