Top 496 Art Quotes

Dai Vernon, the greatest sleight of hand figure in the history of the art, rarely performed. But he invented magic and had an enormous influence on the whole range of sleight of hand. And so often, the magic he was doing was to fool other magicians.

Ricky Jay

In fact, in many ways my mother was quite hippy-dippy, serving macrobiotic food and reading 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.'

In fact, in many ways my mother was quite hippy-dippy, serving macrobiotic food and reading 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.'

Kristin Scott Thomas

Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.

Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.

Frank Zappa

I feel when you walk into somebody's apartment on Fifth Avenue or house in Malibu and you see a Basquiat, a Warhol, a Richard Prince, you say to yourself, '$700,000, $2.2 million, $350,000...' To me that is completely uninteresting. I'd rather go to a house where there's great art and I have no idea who the work is by.

Jean Pigozzi

From 1940 to the present, the art world - and particularly Los Angeles - has undergone a transformation not unlike the Italian Renaissance.

From 1940 to the present, the art world - and particularly Los Angeles - has undergone a transformation not unlike the Italian Renaissance.

Jeffrey Deitch

Design is the method of putting form and content together. Design, just as art, has multiple definitions; there is no single definition. Design can be art. Design can be aesthetics. Design is so simple, that's why it is so complicated.

Paul Rand

Art is a fruit that grows in man, like a fruit on a plant, or a child in its mother's womb.

Art is a fruit that grows in man, like a fruit on a plant, or a child in its mother's womb.

Jean Arp

The waking mind is the least serviceable in the arts.

The waking mind is the least serviceable in the arts.

Henry Miller

Winners have the ability to step back from the canvas of their lives like an artist gaining perspective. They make their lives a work of art - an individual masterpiece.

Winners have the ability to step back from the canvas of their lives like an artist gaining perspective. They make their lives a work of art - an individual masterpiece.

Denis Waitley

Acting and making art is just something I love to do, and I love to tell stories that feel important, honest and necessary.

Acting and making art is just something I love to do, and I love to tell stories that feel important, honest and necessary.

Zoe Kravitz

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