Art Quotes
Beauty, expression, and the human need to create. Artists and thinkers on why art matters.
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"Writing is the only way I know how to make sense of things."Paul Varjak
"There's artistry in how you live your life."Paul Varjak
"I came here wanting to be a writer. Instead, I became a hack."Joe Gillis
"Writing for pictures is like painting by numbers - you follow the formula or you starve."Joe Gillis
"The pictures they make today are terrible. Tomorrow they'll be considered classics."Joe Gillis
"In my day, we knew how to make pictures that meant something."Max von Mayerling
"A true artist demands complete control, absolute devotion."Max von Mayerling
"The theater taught me that all the world's a stage, and I am the only real actor."Max von Mayerling
"Art is the only truth that survives the grave."Max von Mayerling
"To create is to destroy. I have created much and destroyed more."Max von Mayerling
"Every frame I composed was a piece of my immortal soul."Max von Mayerling
"Every moment of my life is a performance, and I'm always on."Lina Lamont
"I am a vision of loveliness wrapped in the finest things."Lina Lamont
"Every role is essentially just me playing myself, and that's perfection."Lina Lamont
"My life is an epic drama because I'm in it."Lina Lamont
"My voice is as beautiful as my face - both are priceless."Lina Lamont
"Art is just another way of telling the truth."Paul Varjak
"Art is how we express what words cannot."Paul Varjak
"Art allows us to express what we cannot say in words."Princess Anne
"Art is the voice of those who cannot speak in their own truth."Princess Anne
"A story without heart is just information."Joe Bradley
"Hollywood: a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul."Joe Gillis
"I wanted to write something meaningful. Instead, I wrote for money."Joe Gillis
"Art is what you do when you're not thinking about money. I always think about money."Joe Gillis
"We didn't need dialogue. We had faces."Norma Desmond
"You can't help but admire my work."Norma Desmond
"Art is the only honest reflection of human existence."Norma Desmond
"The true artist understands that creation requires surrender."Max von Mayerling
"Art is the only immortality we truly possess."Max von Mayerling
"The greatest art is the art of living without complaint."Max von Mayerling