Art need no longer be an account of past sensations. It can become the direct organization of more highly evolved sensations. It is a question of producing ourselves, not things that enslave us. Angela Carter accountartdirect Change image and share on social
Art needs to be socialised, and you need a lot of context to understand that, and that doesn't mean having read a few art history books. Peter M. Brant artbookcontext Change image and share on social
Art never harms itself by keeping aloof from the social problems of the day: rather, by so doing, it more completely realises for us that which we desire. Oscar Wilde aloofartcompletely Change image and share on social
Art never improves, but... the material of art is never quite the same. T. S. Eliot artimprovematerial Change image and share on social
Art Nouveau got its inspiration from nature. The Bauhaus got its inspiration from engineering. P. J. O'Rourke artbauhauengineer Change image and share on social
'Art or anti-art?' was the question I asked when I returned from Munich in 1912 and decided to abandon pure painting or painting for its own sake. I thought of introducing elements alien to painting as the only way out of a pictorial and chromatic dead end. Marcel Duchamp abandonalienanti share on social
Art ought never to be considered except in its relations with its ideal beauty. Alfred de Vigny artbeautyconsider Change image and share on social
Art owes its origin to Nature herself... this beautiful creation, the world, supplied the first model, while the original teacher was that divine intelligence which has not only made us superior to the other animals, but like God Himself, if I may venture to say it. Giorgio Vasari animalartbeautiful share on social
Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other hand, produces beautiful things which always become ugly with time. Jean Cocteau artbeautifulfashion Change image and share on social
Art raises its head where creeds relax. Friedrich Nietzsche artcreedhead Change image and share on social