Art Quote by William-Adolphe Bouguereau

The strong experience of nature... is the necessary basis for all conception of art on which rests the grandeur and beauty of all future…

— Paul Cezanne

“What is essential in a work of art is that it should rise far above the realm of personal life and speak from the…

— Anonymous

My idealism is clearly one reason I'm an artist. I see art as one of mankind's more sublime acts, as a vital counterbalance to…

— Richard Schmid

Whether it's a song or a television show, or a book or poem, art is the thing that cracks me open and encourages me…

— Asia Kate Dillon

My work comes from the experience of crowds, injustice, and aggression… I feel an affinity for art when it was made a form of…

— Magdalena Abakanowicz

“Wherever one looks in the realms of creative endeavor, one finds the greatest architecture, music, art, sculpture, drama, ritual placed in the service of…

— Gordon B. McKeeman

The role of art for me is the visualization of attitude, of the human attitude towards life, towards the world.

— Josef Albers

The ideal artist is he who knows everything, feels everything, experiences everything, and retains his experience in a spirit of wonder and feeds upon…

— George Bellows

A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament. Its beauty comes from the fact that the author is what he…

— Oscar Wilde

Art is the best possible introduction to the culture of the world. I love it for the buried hopes, the garnered memories, the tender…

— Pablo Picasso

Every great work of art should be considered like any work of nature. First of all from the point of view of its aesthetic…

— Amedeo Modigliani

I am a writer and my faith in the world of art is intense, but not irrational, nor naïve - because art takes us…

— Toni Morrison