Art Quote by Vincent Van Gogh

If you study Japanese art you see a man who is undoubtedly wise, philosophic and intelligent, who spends his time how? In studying the…

— Vincent Van Gogh

To be sure an artist wishes to raise his standard intellectually as much as possible, but the man must remain in obscurity. Pleasure must…

— Paul Cezanne

“In Japan, a number of time-honored everyday activities (such as making tea, arranging flowers, and writing) have traditionally been deeply examined by their proponents.…

— H.E. Davey

Intellectuals tend to be arrogant. Intelligence, like money, is a good servant but a bad master. When practicing pranayama, the yogi [makes] himself humble…

— B.K.S. Iyengar

The person who practices an art is an artist, not a samurai, and one should have the intention of being called a samurai.

— Yamamoto Tsunetomo

The man whose genius qualifies him for great undertakings must at least be content to learn from books the present state of human knowledge;…

— Samuel Johnson

How very seldom do you encounter in the world a man of great abilities, acquirements, experience, who will unmask his mind, unbutton his brains,…

— Benjamin Disraeli

“What do I want to be when I grow up? An attractive role would be that of the bunjin. He is the Japanese scholar…

— Donald Richie

“producing a kind of momentary Japanese effect, and making him think of those pallid, jade-faced painters of Tokyo who, through the medium of an…

— Oscar Wilde

The man who would emancipate art from discipline and reason is trying to elude rationality, not merely in art, but in all existence.

— George Santayana

“Despite his inauspicious roots and lack of a recognizeable last name, this guy not only excelled at the art of war, but rose to…

— Sebastian Marshall

The creative man with an insight into human nature, with the artistry to touch and move people, will succeed. Without them he will fail.

— William Bernbach