Art Quotes

"Art is long and life is short."

"If art does not enlarge men's sympathies, it does nothing morally."

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

"The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work."

"The grand work of literary creation is a perpetual miracle."

"Art is nature seen through a temperament."

"The artist must be willing to suffer for their vision."

"Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time."

"Art is the beautification of life."

"The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls."

"Art is the response to the demand for entertainment, for the stimulation of our senses and imagination."

"The artist must be like God in his creation - invisible yet omnipresent."

"You don't make art for art's sake, you make it because you must."

"The author's voice should be like God—everywhere present but nowhere visible."

"The secret of great art is truth revealed through style."

"Art requires sacrifice from its servants."

"The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work."

"Art is the soul made visible."

"Art without emotion is merely technical exercise."

"How wonderful and stupendous you might make man appear to be!"

"Art is the effort of man to express his sense of beauty."

"Art makes the invisible visible."

"Art without passion is merely decoration; passion without art is mere noise."

"A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art."

"Art is the beautiful effort of man to express truth in visible form."

"Art without science is mere amusement."

"The cave man didn't have museums, but he had art."

"Art, love, and religion are the only things worth being serious about."

"The artist must be in his work as God is in creation, invisible yet all-powerful."

"Art ought to appear natural even though it has been deliberately crafted."