Art Quote by Willa Cather

“what was any art but an effort to make a sheath, a mould in which to imprison for a moment the shining, elusive element…

— Willa Cather

“What was any art but a mold to imprison for a moment the shining elusive element which is life itself- life hurrying past us…

— Willa Cather

What was any art but a mould in which to imprison for a moment the shining elusive element which is life itself - life…

— Willa Cather

“An artist is merely a tool with which art molds itself.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

“Now, as never before, it was clear to him that art is always, ceaselessly, occupied with two things. It constantly reflects on death and…

— Boris Pasternak

“The creator wrestles with a hard, invisible substance, a substance far superior to him. Even the greatest victor emerges vanquished, because our deepest secret,…

— Nikos Kazantzakis

“ Art is an act of love in likeness of itself Spirit moulding matter into lovely form ”

— Francis Brabazon

“What is art if not a concentrated and impassioned effort to make something with the little we have, the little we see?”

— Andre Dubus

“I am not a statue that was carved and sculpted to be a perfect masterpiece. I am still being moulded, and forever it shall…

— Anonymous

“My art is an act of creation and destruction, with all the sorrow and joy these engender as well as all the shadow and…

— Kathryn V. White

“It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance, and I know of no substitute for the force and beauty of it's process.”

— Henry James

“A great work of art, if it accomplishes anything, serves to remind us, or let us say to set us dreaming, of all that…

— Henry Miller