Quotes about Art
Who is this Renaissance? Where did he come from? Who gave him permission to cram the Republic with his execrable daubs?
- Mark Twain
Isn't it funny the way some combinations of words can give you--almost apart from their meaning--a thrill like music?
- CS Lewis
The goal I proposed myself in making cubism? To paint and nothing more... with a method linked only to my thought... Neither the good nor the true; neither the useful nor the useless.
- Pablo Picasso
Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art. It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.
- CS Lewis
Who but a brazen crazy person would go one-on-one with blank paper or canvas armed with nothing but ideas?
- Mark Vonnegut
The body is a sacred garment.
- Martha Graham
To me, a building - if it's beautiful - is the love of one man, he's made it out of his love for space, materials, things like that.
- Martha Graham
Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance. Great dancers are great because of their passion.
- Martha Graham
Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world.
- Martin Luther
Music is the art of the prophets and the gift of God.
- 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
Personally, I experience the greatest degree of pleasure in having contact with works of art. They furnish me with happy feelings of an intensity such as I cannot derive from other realms.
- Albert Einstein