It may be that the deep necessity of art is the examination of self-deception. —Robert Motherwell More about this quote Tags: art necessity deception Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Impressionism is the newspaper of the soul. —Henri Matisse More about this quote Tags: soul art impressionism Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Painting seems like some kind of peculiar miracle that I need to have again and again. —Philip Guston More about this quote Tags: art need painting miracle Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
True myths may serve for thousands of years as an inexhaustible source of intellectual speculation, religious joy, ethical inquiry, and artistic renewal. The real mystery is not destroyed by reason. The fake one is. You look at it and it vanishes. You look at the Blond Hero — really look — and he turns into a gerbil. But you look at Apollo, and he looks back at you. The poet Rilke looked at a statue of Apollo about fifty years ago, and Apollo spoke to him. "You must change your life," he said. When the true myth rises into consciousness, that is always its message: "You must change your life. —Ursula K. Le Guin More about this quote Tags: life religion change myth mystery art reason consciousness reflection inquiry Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Art is a harmony parallel with nature. —Paul Cezanne More about this quote Tags: art nature harmony Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The artist vocation is to send light into the human heart. —George Sand More about this quote Tags: art heart light Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're an artist. —David Hockney More about this quote Tags: beauty art Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Immature artists imitate. Mature artists steal. —Lionel Trilling More about this quote Tags: art theft imitation stealing Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on. —Havelock Ellis More about this quote Tags: living art lies letting go Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Art is the final cunning of the human soul which would rather do anything than face the gods. —Iris Murdoch More about this quote Tags: soul gods art cunning Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
All good things which exist are the fruits of originality. —John Stuart Mill More about this quote Tags: creation art originality Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Life is the art of drawing without an eraser. —John W. Gardner More about this quote Tags: life art drawing Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free. —Michelangelo More about this quote Tags: freedom art angels marble carving Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The real art of conducting consists in transitions. —Gustav Mahler More about this quote Tags: art transitions conducting Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I passionately hate the idea of being with it, I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time. —Orson Welles More about this quote Tags: time art fashionability trends Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email