Art Quote by Walter Isaacson

“One thing, however, did become clear to him—why so many perfect works of art did not please him at all, why they were almost…

— Hermann Hesse

“He could focus my attention on how perfectly sublime life can be at times. Such moments are ephemeral, and without his guidance I might…

— Kevin Hearne

“He did not begin by tearing down, or by painting so intense a picture of misery and injustice that you burned to change the…

— Dorothy Day

“He wishes he were a skilled poet, it would fit his chosen image perfectly; the poor, tragic, tortured artiste. But he has no talent…

— Curtis Ackie

“The true artist has no pride. He sees unfortunately that art has no limits; he has a vague awareness of how far he is…

— Ludwig van Beethoven

“He can be so appreciative of all forms of art, but so matter-of-fact and unemotional about it.”

— Dodie Smith

“Like God, art seemed to hover over us, perhaps benevolent, and often sublime, but constantly, maddeningly out of reach.”

— Matthew Gallaway

“...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

“True art was based upon despair, and the important thing was to make yourself and those around you as miserable as possible.”

— David Sedaris

“he had turned unfathomability into an art form. He attacked everything in life with a mixture of extraordinary genius and naïve incompetence and it…

— Douglas Adams

“Christ is, then, the perfect art work in the sense of that reality in whom is realised those goals that all artistic making has…

— Aidan Nichols O.P