The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you. Oscar Wilde artdeadgreat 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
Art can help a town by attracting a certain Bohemian population that adds life to the bars, character to the streets and a buzz to the name. Employers may then follow. But art can't do much if every town does it. There aren't enough Bohemians. Evan Davis addartattract 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
Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to possess internal order, and that is why, though I don't believe that only art matters, I do believe in Art for Art's sake. E. M. Forster artinternalmaterial Change image and share on social
The art of creation is older than the art of killing. Ed Koch artcreationkill Change image and share on social
No, my degree was history, not the practice of art! I can't draw to save my life you know. Emma Anderson artdegreedraw Change image and share on social
