Top 496 Art Quotes

Publishing is a business. Writing may be art, but publishing, when all is said and done, comes down to dollars.

Publishing is a business. Writing may be art, but publishing, when all is said and done, comes down to dollars.

Nicholas Sparks

I've sort of escaped my background, as people often do, through art and culture.

I've sort of escaped my background, as people often do, through art and culture.

Danny Boyle

In the end, postmodern art is obscene not because it is offensive, but because it is boring.

In the end, postmodern art is obscene not because it is offensive, but because it is boring.

Gregory Benford

There's only one reason for my whole life, and that's art. Nothing else counts; nothing else gives me pleasure; nothing else gives me satisfaction.

There's only one reason for my whole life, and that's art. Nothing else counts; nothing else gives me pleasure; nothing else gives me satisfaction.

Philip Johnson

I'm an image-maker.

I'm an image-maker.

David Bailey

When I became director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, it was stodgy, gray, run by elitists. I said, 'Hey, let's kick the thing around.' I wanted to attract young people to the museum. I said, 'Make it hospitable. I want them to come. I want them to make dates, pick up girls, pick up boys - either way; I don't care.'

Thomas Hoving

To paint is a possessing rather than a picturing.

To paint is a possessing rather than a picturing.

Philip Guston

The art and culture that is New York, communications, finance, all these things help make up New York. The rest of the country should be happy that we are what we are.

The art and culture that is New York, communications, finance, all these things help make up New York. The rest of the country should be happy that we are what we are.

David Dinkins

In art, S. Bridget is usually represented with her perpetual flame as a symbol, sometimes with a column of fire, said to have been seen above her head when she took the veil.

In art, S. Bridget is usually represented with her perpetual flame as a symbol, sometimes with a column of fire, said to have been seen above her head when she took the veil.

Sabine Baring-Gould

Celebrity doesn't have anything to do with art or craft. It's about being rich and thinking that you're better than everybody else.

Celebrity doesn't have anything to do with art or craft. It's about being rich and thinking that you're better than everybody else.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

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