Top 496 Art Quotes

New Wave art was the rage of the eighties. Now it's exhibited in oldies-but-goodies museums, usually in black-and-pink frames.

New Wave art was the rage of the eighties. Now it's exhibited in oldies-but-goodies museums, usually in black-and-pink frames.

Brad Holland

I feel like, to me, art is a ladder to God, in my own opinion, you know. And so, for me, the more people that I can reach through many different artistic avenues, the better.

I feel like, to me, art is a ladder to God, in my own opinion, you know. And so, for me, the more people that I can reach through many different artistic avenues, the better.

Jada Pinkett Smith

Mother liked beauty wherever she found it, and she found it in many different places, both in nature and in contemporary art. And that's where they pretty much parted company. Father... anything that was abstract would to him automatically be not very good.

David Rockefeller

I think of art as the highest level of creativity. I was exposed to it since I was very small.

I think of art as the highest level of creativity. I was exposed to it since I was very small.

David Rockefeller

With the Mongolian horse warfare, I did a lot of research into the Mongol art of war.

With the Mongolian horse warfare, I did a lot of research into the Mongol art of war.

John Fusco

I never know what I'm going to put on the canvas. The canvas paints itself. I'm just the middleman.

I never know what I'm going to put on the canvas. The canvas paints itself. I'm just the middleman.

Peter Max

I'm happy to be a writer - of prose, poetry, every kind of writing. Every person in the world who isn't a recluse, hermit or mute uses words. I know of no other art form that we always use.

I'm happy to be a writer - of prose, poetry, every kind of writing. Every person in the world who isn't a recluse, hermit or mute uses words. I know of no other art form that we always use.

Maya Angelou

The art world is a very prissy little thing over in the corner, while the major cultural forces are being determined by techno science.

The art world is a very prissy little thing over in the corner, while the major cultural forces are being determined by techno science.

Natalie Jeremijenko

Art is always a search for understanding, and the different levels and frequencies of that search feel completely comfortable and natural to me.

Art is always a search for understanding, and the different levels and frequencies of that search feel completely comfortable and natural to me.

Doug Aitken

The 20th century is a period defined by cultural and artistic movements. However, the 21st century creative-scape that we occupy now doesn't really have movements in the same way. Instead it's made up of diverse individuals working across various platforms simultaneously; art, architecture, film, music and literature.

Doug Aitken

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