Art Quotes

I like to see things. I see a lot more art than I'd like to see. We have to be polite and see the art shows of people we know. We see a lot of art.

Peter Saul
- People
- Art
There are dance artists, painting artists and writing artists. Authors are writing artists. You can practice art in whatever medium you choose, and words are mine.

Ursula K. Le Guin
- Writing
- Words
- Practice

Sadly, bird illustration has always been an under-appreciated art.

John Burnside
- Art
- Bird
To see distinctly the machinery--the wheels and pinions--of any work of Art is, unquestionably, of itself, a pleasure, but one which we are able to enjoy only just in proportion as we do not enjoy the legitimate effect designed by the artist.

Edgar Allan Poe
- Work
- Wheels
- Pinions
We live in constant danger of coming apart. The mystery of why we do not always come apart is the animating tension of all art.

Virginia Woolf
- Danger
- Mystery
- Tension
When we talk about contemporary art and contemporary artists, we usually imagine artists who are alive. But I feel very uncomfortable about placing a border between living artists and dead artists.

Yasumasa Morimura
- Art
- Alive
- Borders
The great thing about this thing we call art is that it has no rules.

Kim Weston
- Great
- Art
As the generalization goes about the art industry, people can be really challenging and thought-provoking in their thinking and questioning the status quo, and it's really important that the status quo can be questioned and that there are people doing that.

Lily Cole