Art Quotes
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All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom.
Albert Einstein -
I don't think there is such a thing as being too raunchy when it comes to the art form of burlesque.
Christina Aguilera
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The human body is an instrument for the production of art in the life of the human soul.
Alfred North Whitehead -
All musicians need a day job in the beginning. Unless they still live with their parents, I guess. I'm just lucky that my day job is simply another form of art.
Hal Sparks -
What is Art? It is the response of man's creative soul to the call of the Real.
Rabindranath Tagore -
Poetry is one of the oldest of all art forms, and one of its powers for shamans and tribal leaders was the mnemonic.
Felix Dennis -
The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure.
Dale Carnegie -
Politics is the art of preventing people from busying themselves with what is their own business.
Paul Valery
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A critic should be taught to criticise a work of art without making any reference to the personality of the author.
Oscar Wilde -
I enjoy going out by myself... always have, always will. I don't have security guards, and, for the most part, I enjoy meeting new people. I see myself as a regular guy who likes playing video games with his nieces and nephews and poker with his family. I don't have an art collection or take exotic vacations. I enjoy being at home.
Vince Vaughn -
Good humor isn't a trait of character, it is an art which requires practice.
David Seabury -
There's a point where art is not subjective, and my example for that is Picasso. If you don't like Picasso, that's your problem.
Danny Huston -
All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril. Those who read the symbol do so at their peril. It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors. Diversity of opinion about a work of art shows that the work is new, complex and vital.
Oscar Wilde -
The great art of giving consists in this the gift should cost very little and yet be greatly coveted, so that it may be the more highly appreciated.
Baltasar Gracian
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Art thou afeard To be the same in thine own act and valour As thou art in desire? Wouldst thou have that Which thou esteem'st the ornament of life, And live a coward in thine own esteem, Letting 'I dare not' wait upon 'I would,' Like the poor cat i' the adage?
William Shakespeare -
The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.
Pablo Picasso -
Any idealism is a proper subject for art.
Lafcadio Hearn -
Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is.
Jackson Pollock -
Imagine if all those kings and dukes hadn't commissioned those crazy cathedrals, paintings and music... we'd still be living in sticks and mud. Because none of those things made any economic sense. Human beings' capacity to 'waste time' is a miracle - but that's exactly what art is for.
Ha-Joon Chang -
Genius learns from nature, its own nature. Talent learns from art.
Oscar Wilde
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In any art, you don't know in advance what you want to say - it's revealed to you as you say it. That's the difference between art and illustration.
Aaron Siskind -
It takes two years on the stage for an actor or an actress to learn how to speak correctly and to manage his voice properly, and it takes about ten years to master the subtle art of being able to hold one's audience.
D. W. Griffith -
In art, S. Bridget is usually represented with her perpetual flame as a symbol, sometimes with a column of fire, said to have been seen above her head when she took the veil.
Sabine Baring-Gould -
A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament. Its beauty comes from the fact that the author is what he is. ...Art is the most intense mode of Individualism that the world has known. I am inclined to say that it is the only real mode of Individualism that the world has known. ...Art is Individualism...
Oscar Wilde