Top 496 Art Quotes

My very first gig was with the Sex Pistols, and it was also our first-ever gig. It was a very short set, and it was at Saint Martins College of Art in 1975. We were opening up for a band called Bazooka Joe, and their bass player at the time was Adam Ant, who went on to form Adam and the Ants.

Steve Jones

Insight is the first condition of Art.

Insight is the first condition of Art.

George Henry Lewes

Books minister to our knowledge, to our guidance, and to our delight, by their truth, their uprightness, and their art.

Books minister to our knowledge, to our guidance, and to our delight, by their truth, their uprightness, and their art.

George Henry Lewes

Lying just for the fun of it is either art or pathology.

Lying just for the fun of it is either art or pathology.

Mason Cooley

To me that's what art is about - when you don't really have any control over your desires to do it.

To me that's what art is about - when you don't really have any control over your desires to do it.

Noah Taylor

An artist cannot be responsible for what people make of their art. An audience loathe giving up preconceived images of an artist.

An artist cannot be responsible for what people make of their art. An audience loathe giving up preconceived images of an artist.

Stephen Stills

The place we want to explore unpleasantness in the real world is in art.

The place we want to explore unpleasantness in the real world is in art.

Teller

Magic is an art form where you lie and tell people you are lying.

Magic is an art form where you lie and tell people you are lying.

Teller

Serious collectors and art experts, among the world's most educated, often cannot fathom the possibility of being rooked, and then once taken, cannot face the humiliation of admitting it.

Serious collectors and art experts, among the world's most educated, often cannot fathom the possibility of being rooked, and then once taken, cannot face the humiliation of admitting it.

Peter Landesman

I have a longstanding fascination with visual art. I do, in fact, draw as well, as I did in 'The Summer without Men.' I also write essays about visual art.

I have a longstanding fascination with visual art. I do, in fact, draw as well, as I did in 'The Summer without Men.' I also write essays about visual art.

Siri Hustvedt

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