Art Quotes

Beauty, expression, and the human need to create. Artists and thinkers on why art matters.

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"Fashion is the only form of expression where democracy meets artistry."
Yves Saint Laurent
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"The goal is not to be seen; the goal is to be felt."
Yves Saint Laurent
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"Fashion without revolution is merely commerce."
Yves Saint Laurent
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"Every garment carries the heartbeat of its creator."
Yves Saint Laurent
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"The intersection of body and fabric creates a conversation with the world."
Yves Saint Laurent
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"Fashion is the art form most accessible to all; everyone wears it."
Yves Saint Laurent
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"Fashion is the intersection of art, commerce, and human hope."
Yves Saint Laurent
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"Astonish me! That is all I ask of art."
Sergei Diaghilev
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"I have made the public cry, now I want to make them think."
Sergei Diaghilev
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"Art is not to be found by going after it, but by going after the methods of the masters."
Sergei Diaghilev
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"The theater is the only art form that is truly alive and democratic."
Sergei Diaghilev
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"Art should disturb the comfortable and comfort the disturbed."
Sergei Diaghilev
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"The purpose of art is to wash away from the soul the dust of everyday life."
Sergei Diaghilev
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"Art exists because reality is incomplete."
Sergei Diaghilev
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"Artists are the conscience of society."
Sergei Diaghilev
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"The stage is a mirror held up to humanity."
Sergei Diaghilev
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"Art is the only language that truly transcends all boundaries."
Sergei Diaghilev
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"Every production must carry within it something of the eternal and the timeless."
Sergei Diaghilev
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"Art is not about what you see, but about what you make others see."
Sergei Diaghilev
"The most important thing is style."
Christian Dior
"Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening."
Christian Dior
"I have always believed that fashion was not something that should go down to the street, or fashion from the street to come into fashion; either it was like a book of signals that the knowing few pass around."
Christian Dior
"The difference between style and fashion is quality."
Christian Dior
"Fashion is not necessarily something that exists in clothes. Fashion is the atmosphere, it is the moment we are living."
Christian Dior
"I believe that a line should be elegant and flattering, not daring and eccentric."
Christian Dior
"The dress must not hang on the body but follow its lines. It must accompany its wearer and in a way it must be the wearer."
Christian Dior
"Fashion is architecture: it is a matter of proportions."
Christian Dior
"Fashion is the armor to survive the reality of everyday life."
Christian Dior
"Fashion is a language. Some people listen, and some people don't."
Christian Dior
"I do not create fashion. I wait for it and when it comes, I recognize it."
Christian Dior