Art Quotes
Beauty, expression, and the human need to create. Artists and thinkers on why art matters.
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"The difference between style and fashion is quality."Coco Chanel
"Chic - it is an attitude. An art. A way of life."Coco Chanel
"Technique is something you can always learn, but if you don't have feeling, you can never fake it."Coco Chanel
"Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse."Coco Chanel
"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."Lorenzo de Medici
"The wood speaks to me if I listen with my hands and heart."Antonio Stradivari
"The bow and the wood must become one consciousness."Antonio Stradivari
"The maker's hand must be guided by the maker's ear."Antonio Stradivari
"The voice of the violin is the voice of the maker speaking through wood."Antonio Stradivari
"Cinema is a language that speaks to the soul of humanity."Ismail Merchant
"The best films are born from conflict and resolution."Ismail Merchant
"True art requires both discipline and spontaneity."Ismail Merchant
"Art without audience is like a song without ears to hear it."Ismail Merchant
"Nature provides the canvas; human ingenuity provides the vision."Josiah Wedgwood
"A well-designed object speaks to the user across the centuries, transcending time itself."Josiah Wedgwood
"The pursuit of beauty in manufacture is the pursuit of truth in action."Josiah Wedgwood
"Art is the most noble of enterprises."Cosimo Medici
"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."Cosimo Medici
"The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude."Cosimo Medici
"Art reflects the prosperity of a city"Jacob Fugger
"Art elevates the soul where gold merely weighs it down."Giovanni Medici
"The architecture of a great city reflects the character of its citizens."Giovanni Medici
"Art is not what you see, but what you make others see."Lorenzo de Medici
"I am determined to render the art of pottery to a degree of perfection never before attained."Josiah Wedgwood
"Art without purpose is mere decoration; purpose without art is mere utility."Josiah Wedgwood
"The true artist serves something beyond himself."Josiah Wedgwood
"Beauty in art mirrors the beauty of a well-ordered life."Cosimo Medici
"The wood speaks to those who listen with their hands and heart."Antonio Stradivari
"The weight of an instrument matters less than its spirit."Antonio Stradivari
"The varnish is merely the final word in a long conversation with the wood."Antonio Stradivari