Art Quotes

Psychology is a science, and teaching is an art; and sciences never generate arts directly out of themselves.

William James
- Art
- Teaching
- Psychology
I believe in the energy of art, and through the use of that energy, the artist's ability to transform his or her life, and by example, the lives of others.

Audrey Flack
- Believe
- Energy
- Artist

Some people feel that it's controversial if I say that because my dad is known as a political artist. But I don't really believe that he was a political artist. I think some of his songs were political, and I think they were incredible because he was able to make art that was political and that wasn't pedantic. But I think he was unique in being able to do that.

Sean Lennon
- Believe
- Thinking
- Song
Where there is money there is no art.

William Blake
- Money
- Art
Boxing is not brutal, it's an art - God has gifted me with incredible handspeed as a tool to be used - what else am I supposed to do but fight? There ain't no hand-racing competitions.

Roy Jones Jr.
- Hand
- Boxing
- Speed
I'm not saying that I don't experience people in life as evil, but writing is not a place of alienation; writing is the place where we can try to be human. I think there are some artists whose works are misanthropic. When I see this kind of stuff, I think, they're smart, but I don't need art to tell me people are assholes. I can just go into the streets.

Etgar Keret
- Thinking
- Writing
- Artist
Gloom and solemnity are entirely out of place in even the most rigorous study of an art originally intended to make glad the heart of man.

Ezra Pound
- Study
- Gloom
- Heart Of Man
In literature, questions of fact or truth are subordinated to the primary literary aims of producing a structure of words for its own sake, and the sign-values of symbols are subordinated to their importance as a structure of interconnected motifs.

Northrop Frye
- Poetry
- Literature
- Values