Art Quote by William Hogarth Download Open image “Time is not a great artist but weakens all he touches.” — William Hogarth ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Art Artist Great art Great artist Time
No artist is ahead of his time. He is his time; it is just that others are behind the times. — Martha Graham Copy Share Image
The artist labors while he may, But finds at best too brief the day; And, tho' his works outlast the time And nation that… — Henry Abbey Copy Share Image
Time is, in fact, a cross to bear, it passes on inexorably and remorselessly, destroying everything in its wake, save art and works of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
everything happens to an artist; time is always redeemed, nothing is lost and wonders never cease. — Muriel Spark Copy Share Image
I have generally found that persons who had studied painting least were the best judges of it. — William Hogarth Copy Share Image
I think it is owing to the good sense of the English that they have not painted better. — William Hogarth Copy Share Image
Straight lines vary only in length, and therefore are least ornamental. — William Hogarth Copy Share Image
I had rather, if cruelty has been prevented by the four prints [The Four Stages of Cruelty], be maker of them than of the… — William Hogarth Copy Share Image
I turned my thoughts to a still more novel mode... to compose pictures on canvas similar to representations on the stage... my picture is… — William Hogarth Copy Share Image
The serpentine line, or the line of grace, by its waving and winding at the same time different ways, leads the eye in a… — William Hogarth Copy Share Image
All the world is competent to judge my pictures except those who are of my profession. — William Hogarth Copy Share Image
I know no such thing as genius, — genius is nothing but labor and diligence. — William Hogarth Copy Share Image
True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Before Noah, men having only water to drink, could not find the truth. Accordingly...they became abominably wicked, and they were justly exterminated by the… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“Hear the sum of the whole matter in the compass of one brief word — every art possessed by man comes from Prometheus.” — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
I think most artists feel like they're outside society - no matter how many accolades they receive, or how much money is in your… — Aaron Rose Copy Share Image
The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
That's the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“So, really," continued Jacob as if this were perfectly normal to expound on art in these circumstances, "when you think about it, the artists… — Justina Chen Headley Copy Share Image
“There are two options in art; either to adopt philosophical life by dissecting art, or to write your own philosophical life and claim it… — Taf Teh Copy Share Image
The house has to serve comfort. The work of art is revolutionary; the house is conservative. — Adolf Loos Copy Share Image
During human progress, every science is evolved out of its corresponding art. — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
In literature and art memory is a synonym for invention. It is the life-blood of imagination, which faints and dies when the veins are… — Robert Aris Willmott Copy Share Image
I think a business guy is different from an artist. They walk different paths. Artists create the best outputs when they're having fun. And… — G-Dragon Copy Share Image
