Oscar Wilde Quotes
No art ever survived censorship; no art ever will.
Oscar Wilde
Quotes to Explore
-
The modern tradition is the tradition of revolt. The French Revolution is still our model today: history is violent change, and this change goes by the name of progress. I do not know whether these notions really apply to art.
Octavio Paz
-
I was a fine arts major in college, and a painter for many years. And I found that, like writing, art is very similar.
Kami Garcia
-
When I was younger, I had no interest. But after I went to Paris to see the collections for the first time a few years ago, they made a huge impression on me. I realized that fashion is an art form, like acting or painting.
Camilla Belle
-
There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is by studying little things that we attain the great art of having as little misery and as much happiness as possible.
Samuel Johnson
-
Music is an art that touches the depth of human existence; an art of sounds that crosses all borders.
Daniel Barenboim
-
Art never harms itself by keeping aloof from the social problems of the day: rather, by so doing, it more completely realises for us that which we desire.
Oscar Wilde
-
Art, whatever form it takes, requires hard work, craftsmanship and creativity. As a writer, I know my grammar, cadence, the music of prose, and the art of the narrative.
F. Sionil Jose
-
Figure skating is a mixture of art and sport.
Katarina Witt
-
In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
-
Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.
Pablo Picasso
-
Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort. If you have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass.
Fran Lebowitz
-
I want to do just, like, regular art. Whatever is made today on canvas goes up against all of art history. It's the most radical thing.
Barry McGee
