Quotes about Art
Always have one artistic thing that is pure, at least one thing, where you don't compromise. You can do other things to make money, but have one pure area.
- James Franco
We don't make movies to make money, we make money to make more movies.
- Walt Disney
You cannot create a piece of art merely for money. Doing it as part of commerce so denudes art of wonder that it ceases to be art.
- Seth Godin
You have first to experience what you want to express.
- Vincent Van Gogh
Music, of course, is what I hear and something that I more or less live by. It's not an occupation or profession, it's a compulsion.
- Duke Ellington
When the words come, they are merely empty shells without the music. They live as they are sung, for the words are the body and the music the spirit.
- Hildegard of Bingen
Music is a fair and glorious gift of God. I am strongly persuaded that after theology, there is no art which can be placed on the level with music.
- Martin Luther
Beautiful music is the art of the prophets that can calm the agitations of the soul; it is one of the most magnificent and delightful presents God has given us.
- Martin Luther
Music connects with the soul. I think it's the quickest art form to the soul.
- Chris Tomlin
There are only a few notes. Just variations on a theme.
- John Lennon
Color is vibration like music; everything is vibration.
- Marc Chagall
Character is the backbone of our human culture. Music is the flowering of character.
- Confucius