art Quotes (18)

“Art is not a pastime but a priesthood.”

“Dancing: The vertical expression of a horizontal desire legalized by music.”

“The dance is a poem of which each movement is a word.”

“Love isn't an emotion or an instinct - it's an art.”

“Art is an attempt to integrate evil.”

“Effort and result are never simultaneous. In art, only the result counts.”

“Art is long, life short, judgment difficult, opportunity transient.”

“Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of nationality.”

“Painting is a faith, and it imposes the duty to disregard public opinion.”

“Any art communicates what you're in the mood to receive.”

“The artist is the medium between his fantasies and the rest of the world.”

“The basis of art is truth, both in matter and in mode.”

“The painter constructs, the photographer discloses.”

“I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.”

“Fools are my theme, let satire be my song.”

“Artistic temperament is the disease that afflicts amateurs.”

“The critic should describe, and not prescribe.”

“True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.”