Art Quotes
Beauty, expression, and the human need to create. Artists and thinkers on why art matters.
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"The true artist never settles, never stops, never accepts mediocrity."Antonio Stradivari
"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."Coco Chanel
"One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art."Coco Chanel
"The difference between style and fashion is quality."Coco Chanel
"Fashion is the form in which we communicate who we want to be."Coco Chanel
"I see the world as a canvas for ambition."Charles Yerkes
"Art is not merely decoration; it is the mirror through which a civilization reveals its soul."Lorenzo de Medici
"The artist's brush reveals not what is seen, but what is felt."Giovanni Medici
"The merchant who forgets his humanity has merely become a calculating machine."Jacob Fugger
"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."Lorenzo de Medici
"Art elevates the soul in ways that power alone never could."Cosimo Medici
"The greatest work of art is a life well-lived."Cosimo Medici
"The contemplation of beauty elevates us above our base nature."Cosimo Medici
"Beauty and art are luxuries only the wealthy can truly appreciate."Charles Yerkes
"The greatest art is the art of acquisition."Charles Yerkes
"Art is the language through which the human spirit speaks when words fail."Giovanni Medici
"The artist's brush speaks truths that the statesman's tongue dare not utter."Giovanni Medici
"The greatest art is not what hangs on walls, but what lives in hearts."Lorenzo de Medici
"Art is the language spoken when words fall silent."James Hill
"The soul of a city is found in its art and culture."Cosimo Medici
"Art is the language of the soul."Cosimo Medici
"Art is the expression of the soul."Thomas Fortune Ryan
"Art is the mirror of society."Thomas Fortune Ryan
"Art is not frivolous; it is the expression of civilization itself."William Rockefeller
"I believe art is the language the soul speaks when words fail."William Rockefeller
"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."Cosimo Medici
"Art is the soul speaking when words fail."James Hill
"Art is the conversation between the artist and the infinite."James Hill
"Art is the conversation between the human spirit and eternity."Lorenzo de Medici
"The artist sees what others overlook; the philosopher asks why others do not see."Lorenzo de Medici