Nature is the most beautiful thing we have. It's better than art because it's from the creator. Olivia Newton-John artbeautifulcreator Change image and share on social
Bad people are, from the point of view of art, fascinating studies. They represent colour, variety and strangeness. Good people exasperate one's reason; bad people stir one's imagination. Oscar Wilde artbadcolour Change image and share on social
Romantic art deals with the exception and with the individual. Good people, belonging as they do to the normal, and so, commonplace type, are artistically uninteresting. Oscar Wilde artartisticallybelong Change image and share on social
Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it. Oliver Herford artawarecharm Change image and share on social
Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over. Octavia Butler artdestinyfriend share on social
The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing. Eugene Delacroix achieveaimartist Change image and share on social
To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art; men can only make us feel small in the wrong way. E. M. Forster artfeelfunction Change image and share on social
An art aims, above all, at producing something beautiful which affects not our feelings but the organ of pure contemplation, our imagination. Eduard Hanslick affectaimart Change image and share on social
Writing is no dying art form in America because most published writers here accept the wisdom and the necessity of encouraging the talent that follows in their footsteps. Elizabeth George acceptamericaart Change image and share on social
I have long accepted that an art fair is not a perfectly curated museum show. Instead, it's more like a brightly lit bazaar, where art is haggled over and handled like any other commodity. Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis acceptartbazaar Change image and share on social
