Art Quote by Vladimir Nabokov

“My first thought, as a child, was that the artist brings something into the world that didn't exist before, and that he does it…

— John Updike

“The artist brings something into the world that didn't exist before, and that he does it without destroying something else. A kind of refutation…

— John Updike

“Stories of magic alone can express my sense that life is not only a pleasure but a kind of eccentric privilege.”

— G.K. Chesterton

“Divinity is accident of nature, magic is the work of an art.”

— Amit Kalantri

“Did I not feel charmed at those truly genuine expressions of nature, which, though but little mirthful in reality, so often amused us?”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Human beings are complicated, thorny, messy things. But those unquantifiable qualities are also what make magic happen.”

— Laszlo Bock

“Magic comes from the heart, from your feelings, your deepest expressions of desire.”

— Jim Butcher

“Nature offers splendor and artistry for us to appreciate. Opening our senses reveals we are surrounded by magnificence.”

— Amy Leigh Mercree

“Original art emanates in the mind ... and lessons society's confusion from self indulgence, avarice and greed to trust, hope and love.”

— Louis Faurer

“The heroes and heroines who triumph in his stories are not those with the most powerful magic, but rather those who demonstrate the most…

— J.K. Rowling

“I watched him, sardonic, cynical. A great poet, truly, yet unkind. The gifts of our nature seem not to modify the manner of our…

— Jeanette Winterson

“Magic was well-crafted lies woven into stories no one believed were true, even though they delighted in seeing the convincing falsehood with their own…

— Gwenda Bond