Art Quotes - Page 5

Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock.

To curb the machine and limit art to handicraft is a denial of opportunity.

Admiration for a quality or an art can be so strong that it deters us from striving to possess it.

Making art is not the matter of a moment, and nor is making an exhibition; curating follows art.

The arts are an even better barometer of what is happening in our world than the stock market or the debates in congress.

The goal of art was the vital expression of self.

Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything.

Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed.

Lying in bed would be an altogether perfect and supreme experience if only one had a colored pencil long enough to draw on the ceiling.

I prefer drawing to talking. Drawing is faster, and leaves less room for lies.

Interpretation is the revenge of the intellectual upon art.

What I wanted to do was to paint sunlight on the side of a house.

Good manners is the art of making those people easy with whom we converse. Whoever makes the fewest people uneasy is the best bred in the room.

That's the motivation of an artist - to seek attention of some kind.

An art book is a museum without walls.

The only honest art form is laughter, comedy. You can't fake it... try to fake three laughs in an hour - ha ha ha ha ha - they'll take you away, man. You can't.

Painting seems like some kind of peculiar miracle that I need to have again and again.

What is art but a way of seeing?

Look. Art knows no prejudice, art knows no boundaries, art doesn't really have judgement in it's purest form. So just go, just go.

The biggest problem with every art is by the use of appearance to create a loftier reality.

Our Father which art in heaven - Stay there - And we will stay on earth - Which is sometimes so pretty.

Film editing is now something almost everyone can do at a simple level and enjoy it, but to take it to a higher level requires the same dedication and persistence that any art form does.

I see myself and many artists like me as the torchbearers through these dark ages.

Contrary to general belief, an artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs.

A great artist can paint a great picture on a small canvas.

The works must be conceived with fire in the soul but executed with clinical coolness.

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.

Each mountain in the Dolomites is like a piece of art.

I believe the target of anything in life should be to do it so well that it becomes an art.

The mediator of the inexpressible is the work of art.