Top 496 Art Quotes

People expect things from art that are horrible for us who make it! They put the things we make in these restrictive places called 'museums,' then don't want to hear another word from us.

People expect things from art that are horrible for us who make it! They put the things we make in these restrictive places called 'museums,' then don't want to hear another word from us.

Sigmar Polke

The final purpose of art is to intensify, even, if necessary, to exacerbate, the moral consciousness of people.

The final purpose of art is to intensify, even, if necessary, to exacerbate, the moral consciousness of people.

Norman Mailer

I really don't like art where you need to know so much theory to understand. If the theory is removed, it doesn't do anything. That means that this work is an illustration of theory, and I don't believe in the power of the work itself.

Marina Abramovic

I think it's pretentious to create art just for the sake of stroking the artists ego.

I think it's pretentious to create art just for the sake of stroking the artists ego.

Lou Reed

Giving shape to a painful experience is powerful because it helps us to see, first, how we got through it; second, how we can share it. The experience doesn't stay trapped within us, unspoken, curdling - instead, the art of arranging and transforming it reduces the burden. It no longer belongs to only you.

Karen Bender

The study of the art of motorcycle maintenance is really a miniature study of the art of rationality itself. Working on a motorcycle, working well, caring, is to become part of a process, to achieve an inner peace of mind. The motorcycle is primarily a mental phenomenon.

Robert M. Pirsig

I got a BFA in Fine Art, and then I told my family I was going to be an actress.

I got a BFA in Fine Art, and then I told my family I was going to be an actress.

Mickey Sumner

Science gave me a cosmic religious feeling, and I would get the same feeling when I was dragged to the Met and the Museum of Modern Art.

Science gave me a cosmic religious feeling, and I would get the same feeling when I was dragged to the Met and the Museum of Modern Art.

Jon Kabat-Zinn

It seems to me opera is just as relevant as an expressive art as anything else.

It seems to me opera is just as relevant as an expressive art as anything else.

Carlisle Floyd

The art of stunt-making is not about falling down; it's about getting the shot. Creating stunts is creating heroes.

The art of stunt-making is not about falling down; it's about getting the shot. Creating stunts is creating heroes.

Chad Stahelski

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