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