Art is never finished, only abandoned.
A beautiful body perishes, but a work of art dies not.
Pop art is the inedible raised to the unspeakable.
Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced.
To say that a work of art is good, but incomprehensible to the majority of men, is the same as saying of some kind of food that it is very good but that most people can't eat it.
The first mistake of art is to assume that it's serious.
Society is like a large piece of frozen water; and skating well is the great art of social life.
To curb the machine and limit art to handicraft is a denial of opportunity.
I prefer drawing to talking. Drawing is faster, and leaves less room for lies.
I'm giving into my tendency to want to blur and blend the lines between art and life, and privacy and sharing.
Art is like a border of flowers along the course of civilization.
Art is for healing ourselves, and everybody needs their own personal art to heal up their problems.
Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.
Immature artists imitate. Mature artists steal.
What marks the artist is his power to shape the material of pain we all have.
It is now life and not art that requires the willing suspension of disbelief.
The vitality of a new movement in Art must be gauged by the fury it arouses.
The great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist, even in pain.
What is the intersection between technology, art and science? Curiosity and wonder, because it drives us to explore, because we're surrounded by things we can't see.
The philistine provides the best definition of art. Anything that makes him rage is first class.
Art is anything people do with distinction.
Every time a student walks past a really urgent, expressive piece of architecture that belongs to his college, it can help reassure him that he does have that mind, does have that soul.
A beautiful lady is an accident of nature. A beautiful old lady is a work of art.
I was a product of Andy Warhol's Factory. All I did was sit there and observe these incredibly talented and creative people who were continually making art, and it was impossible not to be affected by that.
Opera is one of the most important art forms. It should be listened to and appreciated by everyone.
All art is but imitation of nature.
Patience is the art of hoping.
The art of pleasing is the art of deception.
You can create something strong in art with a few notes. It is like how Aboriginal drawings have a simplicity that is incredibly rich.
You don't have to compose a masterpiece every time, but I think the challenge of art is always searching for something different, searching for a new sensitivity, a new perspective, a new vision.
A compromise is the art of dividing a cake in such a way that everyone believes he has the biggest piece.
I don't want to be interesting. I want to be good.
Art! Who comprehends her? With whom can one consult concerning this great goddess?
Don't only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets; art deserves that, for it and knowledge can raise man to the Divine.
O, you men who think or say that I am malevolent, stubborn or misanthropic, how greatly do you wrong me. You do not know the secret cause which makes me seem that way to you, and I would have ended my life - it was only my art that held me back. Ah, it seemed impossible to leave the world until I had brought forth all that I felt was within me.
The true artist is not proud: he unfortunately sees that art has no limits; he feels darkly how far he is from the goal, and though he may be admired by others, he is sad not to have reached that point to which his better genius only appears as a distant, guiding sun.
Clay can be dirt in the wrong hands, but clay can be art in the right hands.
Art is a critical component in a well-rounded education. Art is the level playing field - no matter how rich or poor, tall or short, pretty or ugly to the bone, if you can draw, you can find personal fulfillment and build self-confidence. Art is the highest achievement of mankind.
Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.
I like to change. A new lamp, a piece of art, can transform a room.
Love isn't an emotion or an instinct - it's an art.
Art is nature speeded up and God slowed down.
Diversity: the art of thinking independently together.
Art school had taught me it was far better to be a flamboyant failure than any kind of benign success.
Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the art of life is to get the message.
There is in fact no such thing as art for art's sake, art that stands above classes, art that is detached from or independent of politics. Proletarian literature and art are part of the whole proletarian revolutionary cause.
I don't believe in art. I believe in artists.
The word 'art' interests me very much. If it comes from Sanskrit, as I've heard, it signifies 'making.' Now everyone makes something, and those who make things on a canvas with a frame, they're called artists. Formerly, they were called craftsmen, a term I prefer. We're all craftsmen, in civilian or military or artistic life.
What art is, in reality, is this missing link, not the links which exist. It's not what you see that is art; art is the gap.
Art is all a matter of personality.