Quotes about Art
Art, in the artist, is proportion, or, a habitual respect to the whole by an eye loving beauty in details. And the wonder and charm of it is the sanity in insanity which it denotes.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
But in every constitution some large degree of animal vigor is necessary as material foundation for the higher qualities of the art.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
We don't need to be taught to make art, but sometimes we need permission to do so. Following instructions is overrated.
— Seth Godin
There's obviously always danger in making music or art for art's sake. Even as Christians we can be guilty of that, being more about the art than the Artist who gave us this gift.
— Steven Curtis Chapman
Liberal humanists now seem to dominate the fields of art, journalism, and communication, which are powerful and uniquely able to spread anti-Christian thought.
— Tim LaHaye
I really admire stand-up, and I think I would have loved to learn how to do it. I think it's terrifying and thrilling. A really cool thing to do. It's a dying art, in a way.
— Tina Fey
You always feel like rock critics are frustrated musicians. I envy musicians their ability to live their art and share it with an audience, in the moment.
— Todd Haynes
Anything that reflects the human condition back on humans in the entertainment medium is art.
— Tucker Max
Painting as it is now promises to become more subtle - more like music and less like sculpture - and above all it promises color. If only it keeps this promise.
— Vincent Van Gogh
One should aim, seriously, at disregarding ups and downs; a compliment here, silence there ... the central fact remains stable, which is the fact of my own pleasure in the art.
— Virginia Woolf
The Painter who seeks popularity in Art closes the door upon his own genius.
— Washington Allston
An art that heals and protects its subject is a geography of scars.
— Wendell Berry