Art Quotes

"Art without truth is decoration; decoration without art is clutter."

"To live simply is an art; to live simply well is a masterpiece."

"Perfect action leaves no trace."

"The master's words are lame; his ideas are tangled. Yet what he has worked toward is not impaired."

"The true alchemist do not change lead into gold; they change the world into words."

"The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing."

"The supreme art is to break resistance without appearing to meet it."

"The five colors blind the eye; the five sounds deafen the ear."

"The art of living well is the art of knowing what to let go."

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

"The artist does not create; he reveals what was always there."

"The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing."

"Art exists not to instruct us but to delight us, and through delight to ennoble us."

"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."

"The greatest art lies in knowing what to leave unsaid."

"Art is the expression of truth that words alone cannot capture."

"Art and beauty serve us best when they remind us of simple truths."

"From discord comes the sweetest harmony."

"Perfect action leaves no trace; perfect speech is beyond words."

"The contemplation of nature is the highest pleasure."

"Art is the effort of man to express the sense of what nature is not."

"The greatest art is the art of living well."

"Art is the expression of the soul made manifest."

"The most beautiful order is a heap of things poured out at random."

"The artist's hand knows what the mind has yet to discover."

"The greatest art conceals itself."

"Art imitates nature, but understanding nature surpasses all art."

"Art is the expression of the soul's deepest truths."

"Art is the soul made visible through the hands of the artist."

"The creative act is not performed by the artist alone; the spectator brings the work to completion."