Top 496 Art Quotes

Artists and art institutions have to learn how to play hardball. A democratic society needs a democratic art and we have a right to demand it.

Artists and art institutions have to learn how to play hardball. A democratic society needs a democratic art and we have a right to demand it.

Hans Haacke

Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad.

Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad.

Salvador Dali

I don't think art is propaganda; it should be something that liberates the soul, provokes the imagination and encourages people to go further. It celebrates humanity instead of manipulating it.

I don't think art is propaganda; it should be something that liberates the soul, provokes the imagination and encourages people to go further. It celebrates humanity instead of manipulating it.

Keith Haring

I came up with the term 'mindfreak' because I didn't like the word 'magician.' I felt like I wanted to coin a term that would be basically the reaction to my art. It would be a mindfreak and so that's why I came up with that. But, many people say I'm really a student of humanity and psychology.

Criss Angel

With the advent of chivalry, the art of boxing waned. The evolution of feudal aristocracy, with other and widely different exercises, pastimes and weapons from those of the common people, made boxing unfashionable.

John Boyle O'Reilly

I do think all art is autobiographical, and I do think I know quite a bit about women. I don't know anything about men.

I do think all art is autobiographical, and I do think I know quite a bit about women. I don't know anything about men.

Gloria Vanderbilt

Art imitates life and, sometimes, life imitates art. It's a weird combination of elements.

Art imitates life and, sometimes, life imitates art. It's a weird combination of elements.

Bruce Willis

A man is a poet if difficulties inherent in his art provide him with ideas; he is not a poet if they deprive him of ideas.

A man is a poet if difficulties inherent in his art provide him with ideas; he is not a poet if they deprive him of ideas.

Paul Valery

I'm afraid that eating in restaurants reflects one's experiences with movies, art galleries, novels, music - that is, characterized by mild amusement but with an overall feeling of stupidity and shame. Better to cook for yourself.

Jim Harrison

Some couples could not work together but we enjoy working on our projects and building our art business.

Some couples could not work together but we enjoy working on our projects and building our art business.

Dwayne Hickman

Copyright © Softland 2016-2026. All rights reserved.