Top 496 Art Quotes

Opera is one of the most important art forms. It should be listened to and appreciated by everyone.

Opera is one of the most important art forms. It should be listened to and appreciated by everyone.

Luciano Pavarotti

The character of the artist doesn't enter into the nature of the art.

The character of the artist doesn't enter into the nature of the art.

Lucian Freud

All along we find that social life - religion, politics, art - reflects the stages reached in the development of the knowledge of self; it shows the social uses made of this knowledge.

All along we find that social life - religion, politics, art - reflects the stages reached in the development of the knowledge of self; it shows the social uses made of this knowledge.

James Mark Baldwin

There are some centuries which - apart from everything else - in the art and other disciplines presume to remake everything because they know how to make nothing.

There are some centuries which - apart from everything else - in the art and other disciplines presume to remake everything because they know how to make nothing.

Giacomo Leopardi

Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.

Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.

Dorothea Lange

One culture I find fascinating to juxtapose against American culture is the culture of Germany. They've gone through a long process through their art, poetry, public discourse, their politics, of owning the fact of their complicity in what happened in World War II. It's still a topic of everyday conversation in Germany.

Chris Jordan

I think a craft becomes an art form when the space of possible solutions becomes so huge that engineering can't carry you through.

I think a craft becomes an art form when the space of possible solutions becomes so huge that engineering can't carry you through.

Bill Budge

Personality is essential. It is in every work of art. When someone walks on stage for a performance and has charisma, everyone is convinced that he has personality. I find that charisma is merely a form of showmanship. Movie stars usually have it. A politician has to have it.

Lukas Foss

A lot of art and visual crafts are based on appropriating things.

A lot of art and visual crafts are based on appropriating things.

Lazaro Hernandez

I'm not in the luxury-goods business. I sell unique objects. I wish I was in luxury goods because then I could just call the factory and say, 'I need 10,000 more of whatever.' But I can't - because then it's not art, it's something else.

Larry Gagosian

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