Art Quotes

"The artist is nothing without discipline; inspiration is merely the beginning."

"Art is the expression of the human spirit yearning to transcend itself."

"Art without passion is mere decoration; passion without art is chaos."

"Art is the effort of man to express, not to expound."

"The artist's duty is to raise the standard of beauty in the world."

"Art must question reality or it is merely decoration."

"Bright Star would I were stedfast as thou art"

"The greatest poet only uses words as a medium to express what language cannot express"

"Verse cannot be made by rule"

"A long poem is a test of invention"

"I could spend a whole life in seeing"

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

"Art is the most passionate search for truth."

"In the theater of life, we are all both actors and audience."

"Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings."

"To be a poet is a condition rather than a profession."

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

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

"A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his heart first opened."

"Art is the effort of man to express not his relationship to nature but his relationship to nature's significance."

"Art is the reflection of the human soul."

"Art expresses the infinite within the finite."

"Art is the bridge between the soul and the world."

"Art is the language of the soul when words fail us."

"Art is the visual representation of invisible truths."

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

"The secret of masterpieces is to find the objective in the subjective."

"The author in his book must be like God in his universe, present everywhere and visible nowhere."

"Art for art's sake is an empty phrase. Art for the sake of truth is the great thing."

"Praise or blame has but a momentary effect on the man whose love of beauty is intense."