That’s why people listen to music or look at paintings. To get in touch with that wholeness.
A nice blend of prediction and surprise seem to be at the heart of the best art.
Art and science have their meeting point in method.
It’s not new that architecture can profoundly affect a place, sometimes transform it. Architecture and any art can transform a person, even save someone.
The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art is born, the artist must be ready to be consumed by the fire of his own creation.
Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they don’t have for something they don’t need.
Dying is an art, like everything else. I do it exceptionally well. I do it so it feels like hell. I do it so it feels real. I guess you could say I’ve a call.
It is more important to click with people than to click the shutter.
At the age when other children, I imagine, experience their first ‘feeling’ for a person, or for art, or for religion, I was affectionate, good, and even pious: by that I mean that under the influence of my mother, I was devoted to the Child Jesus.
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.
Art is nature speeded up and God slowed down.
Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.
My art is an attempt to reach beyond the surface appearance. I want to see growth in wood, time in stone, nature in a city, and I do not mean its parks but a deeper understanding that a city is nature too-the ground upon which it is built, the stone with which it is made.
You can understand nothing about art, particularly modern art, if you do not understand that imagination is a value in itself.
Only through art can we emerge from ourselves and know what another person sees.
To be an artist includes much; one must possess many gifts – absolute gifts – which have not been acquired by one’s own effort. And, moreover, to succeed, the artist much possess the courageous soul.
If you’re a new artist, practice your art and share it. Set up shop somewhere, whether it’s a street corner or a coffee shop. I got my start in a coffee shop that didn’t even have live music. I wanted to play in coffee shops that did have live music, but I didn’t have an audience.
An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.
I want to promote the introduction of art history in primary schools and to convince the general public that, even in a period of economic crisis, arts funding is an absolute necessity at the federal, state, and local levels.
Art is the triumph over chaos.
Art school had taught me it was far better to be a flamboyant failure than any kind of benign success.
Take care to sell your horse before he dies. The art of life is passing losses on.
A work of art doesn’t exist outside the perception of the audience.
Art is everywhere, and everywhere is art.
I don’t make a particular distinction between ‘high art’ and ‘low art.’ Music is there for everybody. It’s a river we can all put our cups into and drink it and be sustained by it.
Teaching is an instinctual art, mindful of potential, craving of realizations, a pausing, seamless process.
In conclusion, art quotes celebrate the beauty, the creativity, and the transformative power of artistic expression. They remind us of the immense potential within each of us to create, to inspire, and to connect through art. Let these quotes resonate with you as you embrace your own artistic journey, whether as a creator, an appreciator, or both. Remember, art has the power to inspire, to heal, and to change the world. Embrace the artist within you, and let your creativity shine in all that you do.