Art Quotes

Hermogenes despises God's law in his painting, maintains repeated marriages almost certainly a reference to remarrying after divorce or perhaps even widowhood, which Tertullian, who became a Montanist, opposed, alleges the law of God in defense of lust likely same reference, and yet despises it in respect of his art.

Tertullian
I believe that art should sanctify nature.

Maurice Denis
- Believe
- Art
- Nature

In randori we learn employ the principle of maximum efficiency even when we could easily overpower an opponent.

Kano Jigoro
- Art
- Principles
- Opponents
The work of art is always unfaithful to its creator... Art lays at a higher level; it says something more, and almost always, it says something different from what the artist wanted to say.

Octavio Paz
- Work
- Different
- Artist
The art of music is so deep and profound that to approach it very seriously only is not enough. One must approach music with a serious rigor and, at the same time, with a great, affectionate joy.

Nadia Boulanger
- Time
- Great
- Music
All I knew about Ethiopia was from a few records that I like, as well as what I read about the famine. But you get there and it's another world. It's filled with art and music and poetry and intellectuals and writers - all kinds of people.

Flea Red Hot Chili Peppers
- People
- World
- Music
... what is important is not so much what people see in the gallery or the museum, but what people see after looking at these things, how they confront reality again. Really great art regenerates the perception of reality; the reality becomes richer, better or not, just different.

Gabriel Orozco
- People
- Great
- Different
It appears to be monumental only because it's art.

Christo
- Art