Art Quotes
Beauty, expression, and the human need to create. Artists and thinkers on why art matters.
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"Passion is what transforms a person into an artist."Christian Dior
"Art is the mirror of the soul."Christian Dior
"Cinema is a matter of what's in the frame and what's out."Ismail Merchant
"Film is about storytelling, not just about money or technology."Ismail Merchant
"Film is the art of capturing fleeting moments of truth."Ismail Merchant
"I believe that every frame should serve the emotional truth of the story."Ismail Merchant
"Cinema is about capturing the poetry of everyday life."Ismail Merchant
"Cinema is the art of making the impossible seem inevitable."Ismail Merchant
"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."Yves Saint Laurent
"Fashion is the most powerful art there is. It is our daily religion."Yves Saint Laurent
"I never wanted my clothes to look like museum pieces."Yves Saint Laurent
"Fashion is about telling a story without words."Yves Saint Laurent
"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."Giovanni Medici
"Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth."Giovanni Medici
"Elegance is not being noticed, it's being remembered."Coco Chanel
"Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance, yet few understand that simplicity requires more work than complexity."Coco Chanel
"Fashion is the most powerful tool we have to communicate our identity. Use it wisely."Coco Chanel
"Art is not what you see, but what you make others see. That is my philosophy."Coco Chanel
"I have not the slightest doubt that the ornamental arts will flourish when commerce flourishes."Josiah Wedgwood
"To create is to participate in the immortality of human striving."Josiah Wedgwood
"Every imperfection in nature is a perfection in art if properly understood."Josiah Wedgwood
"I do not create for the market; I create for those who understand what I am attempting."Josiah Wedgwood
"To make beautiful things is to add to the beauty of the world."Josiah Wedgwood
"The public is not interested in theories; they want to see the work."Sergei Diaghilev
"Art is the continuation of life by other means."Sergei Diaghilev
"The artist's duty is to challenge, provoke, and ultimately transform society."Sergei Diaghilev
"The artist must be both rebel and businessman to truly succeed."Sergei Diaghilev
"I believe art should disturb the comfortable and comfort the disturbed."Sergei Diaghilev
"One cannot separate the artist from the work; they are one entity."Sergei Diaghilev
"The artist's responsibility is to hold up a mirror to society and ask difficult questions."Sergei Diaghilev