Top 496 Art Quotes

All of us use art and literature as an escape from time to time, but if it's any good, it has a healing quality - a quality that enlarges our human spirits.

All of us use art and literature as an escape from time to time, but if it's any good, it has a healing quality - a quality that enlarges our human spirits.

Katherine Paterson

That's the motivation of an artist - to seek attention of some kind.

That's the motivation of an artist - to seek attention of some kind.

James Taylor

Art is about profundity. It's about connecting to everything that it means to be alive, but you have to act.

Art is about profundity. It's about connecting to everything that it means to be alive, but you have to act.

Jeff Koons

I've always enjoyed feeling a connection to the avant-garde, such as Dada and surrealism and pop art. The only thing the artist can do is be honest with themselves and make the art they want to make. That's what I've always done.

Jeff Koons

I am very conscious of the viewer because that's where the art takes place. My work really strives to put the viewer in a certain kind of emotional state.

I am very conscious of the viewer because that's where the art takes place. My work really strives to put the viewer in a certain kind of emotional state.

Jeff Koons

A lot of my work is about sales. And it was about being independent from the art market.

A lot of my work is about sales. And it was about being independent from the art market.

Jeff Koons

Art was something I could do better. It gave me a sense of self.

Art was something I could do better. It gave me a sense of self.

Jeff Koons

I've never tried to learn the art of acting. I have been in the business for years but I still can't tell what acting is or how it's done.

I've never tried to learn the art of acting. I have been in the business for years but I still can't tell what acting is or how it's done.

Paul Muni

Being on 'Whitney' is a job, but stand-up is my life. I could never stop. There's an art to it. I love having strangers laugh with me, so as long as I can continue doing that, I'll be happy. Working on a show and collectively sharing ideas with a cast is great, but stand-up is my first love.

Chris D'Elia

My mother was a teacher, and when she wanted to show me art and literature and science, she'd take me to museums, parks and free exhibitions.

My mother was a teacher, and when she wanted to show me art and literature and science, she'd take me to museums, parks and free exhibitions.

David Blaine

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