Art Quotes - page 4

The art of losing isn't hard to master; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster. (Elizabeth Bishop)
The Art of Seeing. It is essential to an architect to know how to see: I mean, to see in such a way that the vision is not overpowered by rational analysis.
Luis Barragán
A compromise is the art of dividing a cake in such a way that everyone believes he has the biggest piece.
Ludwig Erhard
Art! Who comprehends her? With whom can one consult concerning this great goddess?
Ludwig van Beethoven
Another unsettling element in modern art is that common symptom of immaturity, the dread of doing what has been done before.
Edith Wharton
Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art.
Tom Stoppard
Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life.
Oscar Wilde
Gossip is the art of saying nothing in a way that leaves practically nothing unsaid.
Walter Winchell
All things are artificial, for nature is the art of God.
Thomas Browne
Art is the triumph over chaos.
John Cheever
The art of the parenthesis is one of the great secrets of eloquence in Society. (Nicolas Chamfort)
A work of art has no importance whatever to society. It is only important to the individual.
Vladimir Nabokov
But, after all, the aim of art is to create space - space that is not compromised by decoration or illustration, space within which the subjects of painting can live.
Frank Stella
In opera, as with any performing art, to be in great demand and to command high fees you must be good of course, but you must also be famous. The two are different things.
Luciano Pavarotti
Art is either plagiarism or revolution.
Paul Gauguin
Art is a never-ending dance of illusions.
Bob Dylan
In art as in love, instinct is enough.
Anatole France
The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.
Anatole France
Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.
H. L. Mencken
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock.
Will Rogers
Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers... What we call art is a game. (Octavio Paz)
All married couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of making love. Good battle is objective and honest - never vicious or cruel. Good battle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equal partnership.
Ann Landers
Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
I think of horror films as art, as films of confrontation. Films that make you confront aspects of your own life that are difficult to face. Just because you're making a horror film doesn't mean you can't make an artful film.
David Cronenberg
Since geometry is the right foundation of all painting, I have decided to teach its rudiments and principles to all youngsters eager for art.
Albrecht Dürer