Art Quotes
Love is the sum of all the arts, as it is the reason for their existence.
Jack LondonJack London The terrifying and edible beauty of Art Nouveau architecture.
Salvador DaliSalvador Dali The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.
Thomas JeffersonThomas Jefferson Art for art’s sake is a philosophy of the well-fed.
Frank Lloyd WrightFrank Lloyd Wright Treat a work of art like a prince; let it speak to you first.
Arthur SchopenhauerArthur Schopenhauer Art is the sensuous presentation of ideas.
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelGeorg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel It’s not art for art’s sake, it’s art for my sake.
D. H. LawrenceD. H. Lawrence The negative is comparable to the composer’s score and the print to its performance. Each performance differs in subtle ways.
Ansel AdamsAnsel Adams I used to draw a lot. If my mother would ask me to do something else, I’d have a hairy conniption. I’d just go crazy.
Jim CarreyJim Carrey There’s no art where there’s no fee.
AristophanesAristophanes There is no art which government sooner learns of another than that of draining money from the pockets of the people.
Adam SmithAdam Smith I don’t know why people expect art to make sense. They accept the fact that life doesn’t make sense.
David LynchDavid Lynch Art’s greatest efforts are invariably a timid counterfeit of Nature.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac An hopeful soul is an art of miracles.
Safna SulaimanSafna Sulaiman A purely materialistic art would be like a tree which is expected to bear fruit without flowering and to sacrifice grace and beauty for mere utility.
Haile SelassieHaile Selassie If I’m going to be anything more than average, if anyone is going to remember me, then I need to go further, in art, in life, in everything!
Salvador DaliSalvador Dali