Art Quotes

Art is always in the eyes of the beholder. Only posterity has the right to point out our mistakes.

Len Wein
- Eyes
- Mistakes
- Art Is
Spirit, Patience, Gentleness, All that can adorn and bless Art thou - let deeds, not words, express Thine exceeding loveliness.

Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Art
- Words
- Patience

To the question, ‘Is the cinema an art?’ my answer is, ‘what does it matter?’... You can make films or you can cultivate a garden. Both have as much claim to being called an art as a poem by Verlaine or a painting by Delacroix… Art is ‘making.’ The art of poetry is the art of making poetry. The art of love is the art of making love... My father never talked to me about art. He could not bear the word.

Jean Renoir
- Art
- Question
- Cinema
We do not judge great art. It judges us.

Caroline Gordon
- Great
- Art
- Judge
I feel like everything I do in the hip-hop world has an influence. People don't really notice what I did until somebody else does it. As far as hip-hop goes, I want to continue to make good music, and good art. I don't really follow the state of hip-hop.

ASAP Rocky
- People
- World
- Good
If I could prescribe a single rule for looking at a work of art it would be to enjoy it. If we're honest with ourselves, we have to admit we enjoy our tears just as much as we enjoy our laughter. The only moments of life that are a bore are when we don't care one way or another.

Vincent Price
- Care
- Tears
- Laughter
You know, a vampire book is not a book to be the vehicle for big themes and stuff, where sometimes when you're dealing with art or the life of Christ or the oeuvre of Shakespeare, you know, it's a little more ambitious.

Christopher Moore
- Life
- Book
- Vampire
Art advances by self-mutilation of the artist.

Camille Paglia
- Art