Top 496 Art Quotes

I started making art during high school but thought I lacked the talent to become a true artist.

I started making art during high school but thought I lacked the talent to become a true artist.

Mickalene Thomas

I wanted to study at the Art Students League in New York when I was young, but I didn't have the money. Then I was fortunate enough to become Johnny Cougar Mellencamp. At the time, I thought I'd make a couple of records and get back to painting. It never dawned on me that I'd be 64 years old and still making music.

John Mellencamp

Interpretation is the revenge of the intellectual upon art.

Interpretation is the revenge of the intellectual upon art.

Susan Sontag

In the final analysis, style is art. And art is nothing more or less than various modes of stylized, dehumanized representation.

In the final analysis, style is art. And art is nothing more or less than various modes of stylized, dehumanized representation.

Susan Sontag

I've always been a creative person, and I'd always wanted to paint, so I went to art school and began painting and sculpting.

I've always been a creative person, and I'd always wanted to paint, so I went to art school and began painting and sculpting.

Shirley Eaton

And the first rude sketch that the world had seen was joy to his mighty heart, till the Devil whispered behind the leaves 'It's pretty, but is it Art?'

And the first rude sketch that the world had seen was joy to his mighty heart, till the Devil whispered behind the leaves 'It's pretty, but is it Art?'

Rudyard Kipling

Tackling, and that ability to stay on your feet and pressurise a player, is a dying art.

Tackling, and that ability to stay on your feet and pressurise a player, is a dying art.

Peter Storey

Internationalism on the other hand admits that spiritual achievements have their roots deep in national life; from this national consciousness art and literature derive their character and strength and on it even many of the humanistic sciences are firmly based.

Christian Lous Lange

When you're a filmmaker you're part of a very expensive art form.

When you're a filmmaker you're part of a very expensive art form.

Kevin Smith

A room hung with pictures is a room hung with thoughts.

A room hung with pictures is a room hung with thoughts.

Joshua Reynolds

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