Art quotes

Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless.

I am a poor man and of little worth, who is laboring in that art that God has given me in order to extend my life as long as possible.

Eloquence, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be. It includes the gift of making any color appear white.

And the first rude sketch that the world had seen was joy to his mighty heart, till the Devil whispered behind the leaves 'It's pretty, but is it Art?'

Art is the tree of life. Science is the tree of death.

In Art, man reveals himself and not his objects.

I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want to own.

Art can never exist without naked beauty displayed.

A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art.

What is Art? It is the response of man's creative soul to the call of the Real.

The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.

Sculpture is the art of the intelligence.

The challenge is to practice politics as the art of making what appears to be impossible, possible.

Being an artist is dragging your innermost feelings out, giving a piece of yourself, no matter in which art form, in which medium.

Art never improves, but... the material of art is never quite the same.

I think music is the greatest art form that exists, and I think people listen to music for different reasons, and it serves different purposes. Some of it is background music, and some of it is things that might affect a person's day, if not their life, or change an attitude. The best songs are the ones that make you feel something.

Only through art can we emerge from ourselves and know what another person sees.

The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.

No great art has ever been made without the artist having known danger.

Every bit of me is devoted to love and art. And I aspire to try to be a teacher to my young fans who feel just like I felt when I was younger. I just felt like a freak. I guess what I'm trying to say is I'm trying to liberate them, I want to free them of their fears and make them feel that they can make their own space in the world.