Frank Lloyd Wright
“Regard it as just as desirable to build a chicken house as to build a…
Winston Churchill
“Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is…
Walt Whitman
“The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of…
Guru Nanak
“From its brilliancy everything is illuminated.”
Alfred de Vigny
“Of what use were the arts if they were only the reproduction and the imitation…
Martha Graham
“Dance is the hidden language of the soul of the body.”
Iris Murdoch
“All art is a struggle to be, in a particular sort of way, virtuous.”
Paul Cezanne
“It’s so fine and yet so terrible to stand in front of a blank canvas.”
Albert Einstein
“True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.”
Elbert Hubbard
“Art is not a thing; it is a way.”
John Singer Sargent
“Every time I paint a portrait I lose a friend.”
Joan Miro
“The works must be conceived with fire in the soul but executed with clinical coolness.”
Andrew Wyeth
“To be interested solely in technique would be a very superficial thing to me.”
Robert Motherwell
“Art is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it.”
Leonardo da Vinci
“Art is never finished, only abandoned.”
Duke Ellington
“Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous…
Jean-Michel Basquiat
“I don’t think about art when I’m working. I try to think about life.”
Georgia O’Keeffe
“I decided that if I could paint that flower in a huge scale, you could…
Grandma Moses
“If you know somethin’ well, you can always paint it but people would be better…
Jawaharlal Nehru
“The art of a people is a true mirror to their minds.”
Louis Dudek
“Art is anything people do with distinction.”
Willa Cather
“The stupid believe that to be truthful is easy; only the artist, the great artist,…
Andre Malraux
“Art is a revolt against fate. All art is a revolt against man’s fate.”
John Galliano
“But I’m not an artist. Maybe an artist with a small a.”
Jean Cocteau
“An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.”
Stephen Sondheim
“Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos.”
Alan Alda
“Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative place where no one else has…
Ellen Key
“The more horrifying this world becomes, the more art becomes abstract.”
Oscar Wilde
“It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.”
Hedy Lamarr
“A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company,…