Art Quotes

"Nature is a haunted house but Art a house that tries to be haunted."

"Talent is a farce."

"Criticism is easy, art is difficult."

"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."

"Art speaks louder than words."

"It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance."

"In art economy is always beauty."

"The effort really to see and really to represent is no idle business."

"Art is the response to the demand for entertainment."

"It is art that alone is able to make the case for humanity."

"The practice of an art is nothing."

"Art must touch the deepest parts of the human soul."

"Art is the immortal expression of mortal souls."

"The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause."

"Art should not attempt to be independent of nature."

"The greatest work of art is a well-lived life."

"Genius, like the sun, should have spots."

"The good critic is he who relates the adventures of his soul among masterpieces."

"The critic is he who relates the adventures of his mind among masterpieces."

"Artists must have their freedom to express themselves, no matter what."

"In art as in love, instinct is enough."

"Art is the making of fine things."

"Art is the effort to make others feel what we feel."

"The artist's role is to tell the truth that society wishes to forget."

"Art is the wound through which beauty bleeds."

"Art is the attempt to make visible what words cannot capture."

"Art is the conversation between the artist's soul and the viewer's own."

"The Spider as an Artist has never been employed, though his Art is as beautiful as that of Raphael."

"The Martyr Poets did not tell but wrought their Pains."

"The Province of Art is to enlarge Experience."