Art has been created and enjoyed since the beginning of humankind. Art takes many forms including painting, drawing, writing, acting, music, and more. It serves as therapy, expression, protest, and entertainment. There have been many beautiful quotes about art, so we have compiled the best quotes about art from artists, writers, actors, politicians, and philosophers. Check out our list below and be prepared to inspire your students (and yourself!) to create.
Quotes About Art by Famous Visual Artists
I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality. —Frida Kahlo
Art is the best possible introduction to the culture of the world. I love it for the buried hopes, the garnered memories, the tender feelings it can summon at a touch. It washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. —Pablo Picasso
![Art is the best possible introduction to the culture of the world. I love it for the buried hopes, the garnered memories, the tender feelings it can summon at a touch. It washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. —Pablo Picasso Art is the best possible introduction to the culture of the world. I love it for the buried hopes, the garnered memories, the tender feelings it can summon at a touch. It washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. —Pablo Picasso](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/2-60.jpg)
Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing. —Salvador Dalí
![Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing. —Salvador Dalí Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing. —Salvador Dalí](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/3-64.jpg)
The task of the artist is to make the human being uncomfortable. —Lucian Freud
![The task of the artist is to make the human being uncomfortable. —Lucian Freud The task of the artist is to make the human being uncomfortable. —Lucian Freud- quotes about art](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/4-21.jpg)
Philosophers and aestheticians may offer elegant and profound definitions of art and beauty, but for the painter they are all summed up in this phrase: to create a harmony. —Gino Severini
![Philosophers and aestheticians may offer elegant and profound definitions of art and beauty, but for the painter they are all summed up in this phrase: to create a harmony. —Gino Severini Philosophers and aestheticians may offer elegant and profound definitions of art and beauty, but for the painter they are all summed up in this phrase: to create a harmony. —Gino Severini](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/4-59.jpg)
The more I think it over, the more I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people. —Vincent van Gogh
![The more I think it over, the more I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people. —Vincent van Gogh The more I think it over, the more I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people. —Vincent van Gogh](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/5-59.jpg)
We don’t make mistakes, we have happy accidents. —Bob Ross
![We don’t make mistakes, we have happy accidents. —Bob Ross We don't make mistakes, we have happy accidents. —Bob Ross](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/6-61.jpg)
Creativity takes courage. —Henri Matisse
![Creativity takes courage. —Henri Matisse Creativity takes courage. —Henri Matisse](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/8-17.jpg)
If I knew what the picture was going to be like, I wouldn’t make it. —Cindy Sherman
![If I knew what the picture was going to be like, I wouldn’t make it. —Cindy Sherman](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/9-19.jpg)
I’ve been absolutely terrified every moment of my life—and I’ve never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do. —Georgia O’Keeffe
![I’ve been absolutely terrified every moment of my life—and I’ve never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do. —Georgia O’Keeffe I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life—and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do. —Georgia O'Keeffe](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/7-59.jpg)
Use your blood to paint. Keep painting until you faint. Keep painting until you die. —Yoko Ono
![Use your blood to paint. Keep painting until you faint. Keep painting until you die. —Yoko Ono Use your blood to paint. Keep painting until you faint. Keep painting until you die. —Yoko Ono](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/8-58.jpg)
A painting requires a little mystery, some vagueness, and some fantasy. —Edgar Degas
![A painting requires a little mystery, some vagueness, and some fantasy. —Edgar Degas A painting requires a little mystery, some vagueness, and some fantasy. —Edgar Degas](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/9-58.jpg)
Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. —Berthold Auerbach
![Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. —Berthold Auerbach Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. —Berthold Auerbach](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/10-55.jpg)
Sculpture is the best comment that a painter can make on painting. —Pablo Picasso
![Sculpture is the best comment that a painter can make on painting. —Pablo Picasso Sculpture is the best comment that a painter can make on painting. —Pablo Picasso](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/11-55.jpg)
An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision. —James McNeill Whistler
![An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision. —James McNeill Whistler An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision. —James McNeill Whistler](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/15-16.jpg)
The artist’s world is limitless. It can be found anywhere, far from where he lives or a few feet away. It is always on his doorstep. —Paul Strand
![The artist’s world is limitless. It can be found anywhere, far from where he lives or a few feet away. It is always on his doorstep. —Paul Strand The artist’s world is limitless. It can be found anywhere, far from where he lives or a few feet away. It is always on his doorstep. —Paul Strand- quotes about art](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/16-15.jpg)
The sculptor, and the painter also, should be trained in these liberal arts: grammar, geometry, philosophy, medicine, astronomy, perspective, history, anatomy, theory of design, arithmetic. —Lorenzo Ghiberti
![The sculptor, and the painter also, should be trained in these liberal arts: grammar, geometry, philosophy, medicine, astronomy, perspective, history, anatomy, theory of design, arithmetic. —Lorenzo Ghiberti The sculptor, and the painter also, should be trained in these liberal arts: grammar, geometry, philosophy, medicine, astronomy, perspective, history, anatomy, theory of design, arithmetic. —Lorenzo Ghiberti](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/17-15.jpg)
A dead princess is only complete when surrounded by gaping crowds with their cameras out, or the opportunity to photograph yourself pulling an amazed expression when a killer whale leaps from a toilet. —Banksy
![A dead princess is only complete when surrounded by gaping crowds with their cameras out, or the opportunity to photograph yourself pulling an amazed expression when a killer whale leaps from a toilet. —Banksy A dead princess is only complete when surrounded by gaping crowds with their cameras out, or the opportunity to photograph yourself pulling an amazed expression when a killer whale leaps from a toilet. —Banksy](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/12-58.jpg)
In art there is only one thing that counts: the bit that cannot be explained. —Georges Braque
![In art there is only one thing that counts: the bit that cannot be explained. —Georges Braque In art there is only one thing that counts: the bit that cannot be explained. —Georges Braque](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/13-57.jpg)
I don’t believe in art. I believe in artists. —Marcel Duchamp
![I don’t believe in art. I believe in artists. —Marcel Duchamp I don't believe in art. I believe in artists. —Marcel Duchamp](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/20-13.jpg)
Painting is the pattern of one’s own nervous system being projected on canvas. —Francis Bacon
![Painting is the pattern of one’s own nervous system being projected on canvas. —Francis Bacon Painting is the pattern of one's own nervous system being projected on canvas. —Francis Bacon](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/14-55.jpg)
Quotes About Art by Philosophers
The culture of a civilization is the art and literature through which it rises to consciousness of itself and defines its vision of the world. —Roger Scruton
![The culture of a civilization is the art and literature through which it rises to consciousness of itself and defines its vision of the world. —Roger Scruton The culture of a civilization is the art and literature through which it rises to consciousness of itself and defines its vision of the world. —Roger Scruton](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/52-30.jpg)
As for the story, whether the poet takes it ready made or constructs it for himself, he should first sketch its general outline, and then fill in the episodes and amplify in detail. —Aristotle
![As for the story, whether the poet takes it ready made or constructs it for himself, he should first sketch its general outline, and then fill in the episodes and amplify in detail. —Aristotle As for the story, whether the poet takes it ready made or constructs it for himself, he should first sketch its general outline, and then fill in the episodes and amplify in detail. —Aristotle](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/53-31.jpg)
The most beautiful colors laid on at random, give less pleasure than a black-and-white drawing. —Aristotle
![The most beautiful colors laid on at random, give less pleasure than a black-and-white drawing. —Aristotle The most beautiful colors laid on at random, give less pleasure than a black-and-white drawing. —Aristotle](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/54-31.jpg)
An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one. —Charles Horton Cooley
![An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one. —Charles Horton Cooley An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one. —Charles Horton Cooley- quotes about art](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/25-12.jpg)
When shall we see poets born? After a time of disasters and great misfortunes, when harrowed nations begin to breathe again. And then, shaken by the terror of such spectacles, imaginations will paint things entirely strange to those who have not witnessed them. —Denis Diderot
![When shall we see poets born? After a time of disasters and great misfortunes, when harrowed nations begin to breathe again. And then, shaken by the terror of such spectacles, imaginations will paint things entirely strange to those who have not witnessed them. —Denis Diderot When shall we see poets born? After a time of disasters and great misfortunes, when harrowed nations begin to breathe again. And then, shaken by the terror of such spectacles, imaginations will paint things entirely strange to those who have not witnessed them. —Denis Diderot](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/55-31.jpg)
Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time. —Thomas Merton
![Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time. —Thomas Merton Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time. —Thomas Merton](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/27-9.jpg)
Ideas matter—and philosophy is the art of thinking about them rigorously. In my view, that should be done in as public a forum as possible. —Sam Harris
![Ideas matter—and philosophy is the art of thinking about them rigorously. In my view, that should be done in as public a forum as possible. —Sam Harris Ideas matter—and philosophy is the art of thinking about them rigorously. In my view, that should be done in as public a forum as possible. —Sam Harris- quotes about art](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/28-10.jpg)
Art, it is said, is not a mirror, but a hammer: it does not reflect, it shapes. —Leon Trotsky
![Art, it is said, is not a mirror, but a hammer: it does not reflect, it shapes. —Leon Trotsky Art, it is said, is not a mirror, but a hammer: it does not reflect, it shapes. —Leon Trotsky](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/56-30.jpg)
We have art in order not to die of the truth. —Friedrich Nietzsche
![We have art in order not to die of the truth. —Friedrich Nietzsche We have art in order not to die of the truth. —Friedrich Nietzsche](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/57-30.jpg)
The productions of all arts are kinds of poetry and their craftsmen are all poets. —Plato
![The productions of all arts are kinds of poetry and their craftsmen are all poets. —Plato The productions of all arts are kinds of poetry and their craftsmen are all poets. —Plato](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/58-28.jpg)
There are three arts which are concerned with all things: one which uses, another which makes, a third which imitates them. —Plato
![There are three arts which are concerned with all things: one which uses, another which makes, a third which imitates them. —Plato There are three arts which are concerned with all things: one which uses, another which makes, a third which imitates them. —Plato](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/59-27.jpg)
Without material art can do nothing, material without art does possess a certain value, while the perfection of art is better than the best material. —Quintilian
![Without material art can do nothing, material without art does possess a certain value, while the perfection of art is better than the best material. —Quintilian Without material art can do nothing, material without art does possess a certain value, while the perfection of art is better than the best material. —Quintilian](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/60-27.jpg)
Astronomy was born of superstition; eloquence of ambition, hatred, falsehood, and flattery; geometry of avarice; physics of an idle curiosity; and even moral philosophy of human pride. Thus the arts and sciences owe their birth to our vices. —Jean-Jacques Rousseau
![Astronomy was born of superstition; eloquence of ambition, hatred, falsehood, and flattery; geometry of avarice; physics of an idle curiosity; and even moral philosophy of human pride. Thus the arts and sciences owe their birth to our vices. —Jean-Jacques Rousseau Astronomy was born of superstition; eloquence of ambition, hatred, falsehood, and flattery; geometry of avarice; physics of an idle curiosity; and even moral philosophy of human pride. Thus the arts and sciences owe their birth to our vices. —Jean-Jacques Rousseau](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/61-27.jpg)
Psychology is a science and teaching is an art; and sciences never generate arts directly out of themselves. —William James
![Psychology is a science and teaching is an art; and sciences never generate arts directly out of themselves. —William James Psychology is a science and teaching is an art; and sciences never generate arts directly out of themselves. —William James](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/35-9.jpg)
The rude beginnings of every art acquire a greater celebrity than the art in perfection; he who first played the fiddle was looked upon as a demigod. —Voltaire
![The rude beginnings of every art acquire a greater celebrity than the art in perfection; he who first played the fiddle was looked upon as a demigod. —Voltaire The rude beginnings of every art acquire a greater celebrity than the art in perfection; he who first played the fiddle was looked upon as a demigod. —Voltaire](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/62-28.jpg)
It seems to me now that mathematics is capable of an artistic excellence as great as that of any music, perhaps greater; not because the pleasure it gives (although very pure) is comparable … but because it gives in absolute perfection that combination, characteristic of great art, of godlike freedom, with the sense of inevitable destiny. —Bertrand Russell
![It seems to me now that mathematics is capable of an artistic excellence as great as that of any music, perhaps greater; not because the pleasure it gives (although very pure) is comparable … but because it gives in absolute perfection that combination, characteristic of great art, of godlike freedom, with the sense of inevitable destiny. —Bertrand Russell It seems to me now that mathematics is capable of an artistic excellence as great as that of any music, perhaps greater; not because the pleasure it gives (although very pure) is comparable ... but because it gives in absolute perfection that combination, characteristic of great art, of godlike freedom, with the sense of inevitable destiny. —Bertrand Russell](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/63-27.jpg)
The urge for destruction is also a creative urge. —Mikhail Bakunin
![The urge for destruction is also a creative urge. —Mikhail Bakunin The urge for destruction is also a creative urge. —Mikhail Bakunin](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/64-27.jpg)
Quotes About Art by Composers and Musicians
You don’t finish something because you need to get it done. You finish something because you have something to say. —Sarah McLachlan
![You don’t finish something because you need to get it done. You finish something because you have something to say. —Sarah McLachlan You don’t finish something because you need to get it done. You finish something because you have something to say. —Sarah McLachlan](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/79-24.jpg)
Art is making something out of nothing and selling it. —Frank Zappa
![Art is making something out of nothing and selling it. —Frank Zappa Art is making something out of nothing and selling it. —Frank Zappa- quotes about art](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/40-9.jpg)
In order to create there must be a dynamic force, and what force is more potent than love? —Igor Stravinsky
![In order to create there must be a dynamic force, and what force is more potent than love? —Igor Stravinsky In order to create there must be a dynamic force, and what force is more potent than love? —Igor Stravinsky](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/80-24.jpg)
To be deprived of art and left alone with philosophy is to be close to hell. —Igor Stravinsky
![To be deprived of art and left alone with philosophy is to be close to hell. —Igor Stravinsky To be deprived of art and left alone with philosophy is to be close to hell. —Igor Stravinsky](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/41-9.jpg)
If you don’t call it art, you’re likely to get a better result. —Brian Eno
![If you don’t call it art, you’re likely to get a better result. —Brian Eno If you don't call it art, you're likely to get a better result. —Brian Eno](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/81-24.jpg)
Try to make things that can become better in other people’s minds than they were in yours. —Brian Eno
![Try to make things that can become better in other people’s minds than they were in yours. —Brian Eno Try to make things that can become better in other people's minds than they were in yours. —Brian Eno](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/82-22-800x800.jpg)
We must be patient, and believe that inspiration will come to those who can master their disinclination. —Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
![We must be patient, and believe that inspiration will come to those who can master their disinclination. —Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky We must be patient, and believe that inspiration will come to those who can master their disinclination. —Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/83-22.jpg)
It is already a wonderful thing if just the main ideas and general outline of a work come without the racking of brains, through that supernatural and inexplicable force we call inspiration. —Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
![It is already a wonderful thing if just the main ideas and general outline of a work come without the racking of brains, through that supernatural and inexplicable force we call inspiration. —Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky It is already a wonderful thing if just the main ideas and general outline of a work come without the racking of brains, through that supernatural and inexplicable force we call inspiration. —Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/84-21.jpg)
If it is art, it is not for all, and if it is for all, it is not art. —Arnold Schoenberg
![If it is art, it is not for all, and if it is for all, it is not art. —Arnold Schoenberg If it is art, it is not for all, and if it is for all, it is not art. —Arnold Schoenberg](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/44-9.jpg)
An artistic impression is substantially the resultant of two components. One what the work of art gives the onlooker—the other, what he is capable of giving to the work of art. —Arnold Schoenberg
![An artistic impression is substantially the resultant of two components. One what the work of art gives the onlooker—the other, what he is capable of giving to the work of art. —Arnold Schoenberg An artistic impression is substantially the resultant of two components. One what the work of art gives the onlooker—the other, what he is capable of giving to the work of art. —Arnold Schoenberg](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/85-21.jpg)
Don’t only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets. —Ludwig van Beethoven
![Don’t only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets. —Ludwig van Beethoven Don’t only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets. —Ludwig van Beethoven](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/45-9.jpg)
The best music always results from ecstasies of knowledge. —Alban Berg
![The best music always results from ecstasies of knowledge. —Alban Berg The best music always results from ecstasies of knowledge. —Alban Berg](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/86-20.jpg)
The gift of imagination is by no means an exclusive property of the artist; it is a gift we all share; to some degree or other all of us, all of you, are endowed with the powers of fantasy. —Leonard Bernstein
![The gift of imagination is by no means an exclusive property of the artist; it is a gift we all share; to some degree or other all of us, all of you, are endowed with the powers of fantasy. —Leonard Bernstein The gift of imagination is by no means an exclusive property of the artist; it is a gift we all share; to some degree or other all of us, all of you, are endowed with the powers of fantasy. —Leonard Bernstein](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/87-20.jpg)
A work of art does not answer questions: it provokes them; and its essential meaning is in the tension between their contradictory answers. —Leonard Bernstein
![A work of art does not answer questions: it provokes them; and its essential meaning is in the tension between their contradictory answers. —Leonard Bernstein A work of art does not answer questions: it provokes them; and its essential meaning is in the tension between their contradictory answers. —Leonard Bernstein](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/88-21.jpg)
Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that’s creativity. —Charles Mingus
![Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that’s creativity. —Charles Mingus Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity. —Charles Mingus](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/89-20.jpg)
Passion is one great force that unleashes creativity, because if you’re passionate about something, then you’re more willing to take risks. —Yo-Yo Ma
![Passion is one great force that unleashes creativity, because if you’re passionate about something, then you’re more willing to take risks. —Yo-Yo Ma Passion is one great force that unleashes creativity, because if you’re passionate about something, then you’re more willing to take risks. —Yo-Yo Ma- quotes about art](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/49-9.jpg)
The first mistake of art is to assume that it’s serious. —Lester Bangs
![The first mistake of art is to assume that it’s serious. —Lester Bangs](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/50-9.jpg)
My role in society, or any artist or poet’s role, is to try and express what we all feel. Not to tell people how to feel. Not as a preacher, not as a leader, but as a reflection of us all. —John Lennon
![My role in society, or any artist or poet’s role, is to try and express what we all feel. Not to tell people how to feel. Not as a preacher, not as a leader, but as a reflection of us all. —John Lennon My role in society, or any artist or poet's role, is to try and express what we all feel. Not to tell people how to feel. Not as a preacher, not as a leader, but as a reflection of us all. —John Lennon](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/90-20.jpg)
Surrealism had a great effect on me because then I realized that the imagery in my mind wasn’t insanity. Surrealism to me is reality. —John Lennon
![Surrealism had a great effect on me because then I realized that the imagery in my mind wasn’t insanity. Surrealism to me is reality. —John Lennon Surrealism had a great effect on me because then I realized that the imagery in my mind wasn't insanity. Surrealism to me is reality. —John Lennon](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/91-20.jpg)
Listen, real poetry doesn’t say anything; it just ticks off the possibilities. Opens all doors. You can walk through any one that suits you. —Jim Morrison
![Listen, real poetry doesn’t say anything; it just ticks off the possibilities. Opens all doors. You can walk through any one that suits you. —Jim Morrison Listen, real poetry doesn't say anything; it just ticks off the possibilities. Opens all doors. You can walk through any one that suits you. —Jim Morrison](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/92-20.jpg)
All were artists, playing foolish, having fights and making love as if the rest of the world had no racial problems whatsoever. —Chuck Berry
![All were artists, playing foolish, having fights and making love as if the rest of the world had no racial problems whatsoever. —Chuck Berry All were artists, playing foolish, having fights and making love as if the rest of the world had no racial problems whatsoever. —Chuck Berry](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/93-22.jpg)
Quotes About Art by Writers
Art is the stored honey of the human soul. —Theodore Dreiser
![Art is the stored honey of the human soul. —Theodore Dreiser Art is the stored honey of the human soul. —Theodore Dreiser](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/53-7.jpg)
I sometimes wondered what the use of any of the arts was. The best thing I could come up with was what I call the canary in the coal mine theory of the arts. This theory says that artists are useful to society because they are so sensitive. … They keel over like canaries in poison coal mines long before more robust types realize that there is any danger whatsoever. —Kurt Vonnegut
![I sometimes wondered what the use of any of the arts was. The best thing I could come up with was what I call the canary in the coal mine theory of the arts. This theory says that artists are useful to society because they are so sensitive. … They keel over like canaries in poison coal mines long before more robust types realize that there is any danger whatsoever. —Kurt Vonnegut 24T013826N](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/115-11.jpg)
The practice of art isn’t to make a living. It’s to make your soul grow. —Kurt Vonnegut
![The practice of art isn’t to make a living. It’s to make your soul grow. —Kurt Vonnegut The practice of art isn't to make a living. It's to make your soul grow. —Kurt Vonnegut](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/116-11.jpg)
In scorn of nature, art gave lifeless life. —William Shakespeare
![In scorn of nature, art gave lifeless life. —William Shakespeare In scorn of nature, art gave lifeless life. —William Shakespeare- quotes about art](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/55-7.jpg)
Art and religion first; then philosophy; lastly science. That is the order of the great subjects of life, that’s their order of importance. —Muriel Spark
![Art and religion first; then philosophy; lastly science. That is the order of the great subjects of life, that’s their order of importance. —Muriel Spark Art and religion first; then philosophy; lastly science. That is the order of the great subjects of life, that's their order of importance. —Muriel Spark- quotes about art](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/56-7.jpg)
Artists are always the Johnny Appleseeds of gentrification. —Scott Hutchins
![Artists are always the Johnny Appleseeds of gentrification. —Scott Hutchins Artists are always the Johnny Appleseeds of gentrification. —Scott Hutchins](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/57-7.jpg)
Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time. —Thomas Merton
![Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time. —Thomas Merton Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time. —Thomas Merton- quotes about art](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/59-7.jpg)
I know that one of the great arts that the writer develops is the art of saying, No. No, I’m finished. Bye. And leaving it alone. I will not write it into the ground. I will not write the life out of it. I won’t do that. —Maya Angelou
![I know that one of the great arts that the writer develops is the art of saying, No. No, I’m finished. Bye. And leaving it alone. I will not write it into the ground. I will not write the life out of it. I won’t do that. —Maya Angelou I know that one of the great arts that the writer develops is the art of saying, No. No, I'm finished. Bye. And leaving it alone. I will not write it into the ground. I will not write the life out of it. I won't do that. —Maya Angelou](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/117-10.jpg)
Life is pure adventure, and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as art. —Maya Angelou
![Life is pure adventure, and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as art. —Maya Angelou Life is pure adventure, and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as art. —Maya Angelou](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/118-10.jpg)
It is the art of mankind to polish the world, and every one who works is scrubbing in some part. —Henry David Thoreau
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The conscious utterance of thought, by speech or action, to any end, is art. —Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Art is the need to create; but in its essence, immense and universal, it is impatient of working with lame or tied hands, and of making cripples and monsters, such as all pictures and statues are. Nothing less than the creation of man and nature is its end. —Ralph Waldo Emerson
![Art is the need to create; but in its essence, immense and universal, it is impatient of working with lame or tied hands, and of making cripples and monsters, such as all pictures and statues are. Nothing less than the creation of man and nature is its end. —Ralph Waldo Emerson Art is the need to create; but in its essence, immense and universal, it is impatient of working with lame or tied hands, and of making cripples and monsters, such as all pictures and statues are. Nothing less than the creation of man and nature is its end. —Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/121-10.jpg)
Bullfighting is the only art in which the artist is in danger of death and in which the degree of brilliance in the performance is left to the fighter’s honor. —Ernest Hemingway
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Truth in art is the unity of a thing with itself: the outward rendered expressive of the inward: the soul made incarnate: the body instinct with spirit. For this reason there is no truth comparable to sorrow. —Oscar Wilde
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The primary distinction of the artist is that he must actively cultivate that state which most men, necessarily, must avoid: the state of being alone. —James Baldwin
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Artists are here to disturb the peace. —James Baldwin
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And really the purpose of art—for me, fiction—is to alert, to indicate to stop, to say: Make certain that when you rush through you will not miss the moment which you might have had, or might still have. —Jerzy Kosinski
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I collect human relationships very much the way others collect fine art. —Jerzy Kosinski
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The person who wants nothing, hopes for nothing, and fears nothing can never be an artist. —Anton Chekhov
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You are right to demand that an artist engage his work consciously, but you confuse two different things: solving the problem and correctly posing the question. —Anton Chekhov
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Something is always born of excess: great art was born of great terrors, great loneliness, great inhibitions, instabilities, and it always balances them. —Anais Nin
![Something is always born of excess: great art was born of great terrors, great loneliness, great inhibitions, instabilities, and it always balances them. —Anais Nin Something is always born of excess: great art was born of great terrors, great loneliness, great inhibitions, instabilities, and it always balances them. —Anais Nin](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/69-7.jpg)
There are two avenues from the little passions and the drear calamities of earth; both lead to the heaven and away from hell—Art and Science. But art is more godlike than science; science discovers, art creates. —Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
![There are two avenues from the little passions and the drear calamities of earth; both lead to the heaven and away from hell—Art and Science. But art is more godlike than science; science discovers, art creates. —Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton There are two avenues from the little passions and the drear calamities of earth; both lead to the heaven and away from hell—Art and Science. But art is more godlike than science; science discovers, art creates. —Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/129-8.jpg)
Art is the tree of life. Science is the tree of death. —William Blake
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I don’t understand how any good art could fail to be political. —Barbara Kingsolver
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Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art, like the universe itself (for God did not need to create). It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival. —C.S. Lewis
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To discover the mode of life or of art whereby my spirit could express itself in unfettered freedom. —James Joyce
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Really I don’t like human nature unless all candied over with art. —Virginia Woolf
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How life did imitate art sometimes. And the cruder the art, the closer the imitation. —Stephen King
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Quotes About Art by Mathematicians and Scientists
The greatest value of a picture is when it forces us to notice what we never expected to see. —John Tukey
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True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist. —Albert Einstein
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Is there not a certain satisfaction in the fact that natural limits are set to the life of the individual, so that at the conclusion it may appear as a work of art? —Albert Einstein
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One of the strongest motives that lead men to art and science is escape from everyday life with its painful crudity and hopeless dreariness, from the fetters of one’s own ever-shifting desires. —Albert Einstein
![One of the strongest motives that lead men to art and science is escape from everyday life with its painful crudity and hopeless dreariness, from the fetters of one’s own ever-shifting desires. —Albert Einstein One of the strongest motives that lead men to art and science is escape from everyday life with its painful crudity and hopeless dreariness, from the fetters of one's own ever-shifting desires. —Albert Einstein](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/148-5.jpg)
One can envisage an end of science no more readily than one can envisage an end of imaginative literature or the fine arts. —Peter Medawar
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Every science touches art at some points—every art has its scientific side; the worst man of science is he who is never an artist, and the worst artist is he who is never a man of science. —Armand Trousseau
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How often people speak of art and science as though they were two entirely different things, with no interconnection. An artist is emotional, they think, and uses only his intuition; he sees all at once and has no need of reason. A scientist is cold, they think, and uses only his reason; he argues carefully step by step, and needs no imagination. That is all wrong. —Isaac Asimov
![How often people speak of art and science as though they were two entirely different things, with no interconnection. An artist is emotional, they think, and uses only his intuition; he sees all at once and has no need of reason. A scientist is cold, they think, and uses only his reason; he argues carefully step by step, and needs no imagination. That is all wrong. —Isaac Asimov How often people speak of art and science as though they were two entirely different things, with no interconnection. An artist is emotional, they think, and uses only his intuition; he sees all at once and has no need of reason. A scientist is cold, they think, and uses only his reason; he argues carefully step by step, and needs no imagination. That is all wrong. —Isaac Asimov](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/151-5.jpg)
All great scientists have, in a certain sense, been great artists; the man with no imagination may collect facts, but he cannot make great discoveries. —Karl Pearson
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Space belongs to all of us. There is science in dance and art in science. —Mae Jemison
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Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probability. —William Osler
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Errors are not in the art but in the artificers. —Isaac Newton
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Art is “I,” science is “we.” —Claude Bernard
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Quotes About Art by Actors and Directors
The thing about performance, even if it’s only an illusion, is that it is a celebration of the fact that we do contain within ourselves infinite possibilities. —Daniel Day-Lewis
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To that extent that you can sustain and maintain that childlike part of your personality is probably the best part of acting. —Paul Newman
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I’ve had different opportunities in my life, but I’ve tried to maintain the spirit of an amateur. Our culture roots everything in the barometer of success and how much money you make. But if you really just aspire to a life in the arts, it’s really not a barometer at all. —Ethan Hawke
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It’s hard to act in the morning. The muse isn’t even awake. —Keanu Reeves
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The real actor—like any real artist—has a direct line to the collective heart. —Bette Davis
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Making films has got to be one of the hardest endeavors known to humankind. —Spike Lee
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Actors are agents of change. A film, a piece of theater, a piece of music, or a book can make a difference. It can change the world. —Alan Rickman
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It used to be that we in films were the lowest form of art. Now we have something to look down on. —Billy Wilder (on television)
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I steal from every single movie ever made. If people don’t like that, then tough tills, don’t go and see it, all right? I steal from everything. Great artists steal, they don’t do homages. —Quentin Tarantino
![I steal from every single movie ever made. If people don’t like that, then tough tills, don’t go and see it, all right? I steal from everything. Great artists steal, they don’t do homages. —Quentin Tarantino I steal from every single movie ever made. If people don't like that, then tough tills, don't go and see it, all right? I steal from everything. Great artists steal, they don't do homages. —Quentin Tarantino](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/173-3.jpg)
Once a month the sky falls on my head, I come to, and I see another movie I want to make. —Steven Spielberg
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I regard myself as an entertainer much more than an artist. —Peter Jackson
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Quotes About Art by Famous Political Figures
Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries. —Jimmy Carter
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Above all, we are coming to understand that the arts incarnate the creativity of a free people. When the creative impulse cannot flourish, when it cannot freely select its methods and objects, when it is deprived of spontaneity, then society severs the root of art. —President John F. Kennedy
![Above all, we are coming to understand that the arts incarnate the creativity of a free people. When the creative impulse cannot flourish, when it cannot freely select its methods and objects, when it is deprived of spontaneity, then society severs the root of art. —President John F. Kennedy Above all, we are coming to understand that the arts incarnate the creativity of a free people. When the creative impulse cannot flourish, when it cannot freely select its methods and objects, when it is deprived of spontaneity, then society severs the root of art. —President John F. Kennedy](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/186-2.jpg)
To encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country. —George Washington
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Now I think, speaking roughly, by leadership we mean the art of getting someone else to do something that you want done because he wants to do it. —President Dwight D. Eisenhower
![Now I think, speaking roughly, by leadership we mean the art of getting someone else to do something that you want done because he wants to do it. —President Dwight D. Eisenhower Now I think, speaking roughly, by leadership we mean the art of getting someone else to do something that you want done because he wants to do it. —President Dwight D. Eisenhower](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/188-2.jpg)
And that, I think, is what the arts and the humanities do—they lift up our identities, and make us see ourselves in each other. —President Barack Obama
![And that, I think, is what the arts and the humanities do—they lift up our identities, and make us see ourselves in each other. —President Barack Obama And that, I think, is what the arts and the humanities do—they lift up our identities, and make us see ourselves in each other. —President Barack Obama](https://www.weareteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/189-2.jpg)
Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse. —Winston Churchill
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A world turned into a stereotype, a society converted into a regiment, a life translated into a routine, make it difficult for either art or artists to survive. Crush individuality in society and you crush art as well. Nourish the conditions of a free life and you nourish the arts, too. —President Franklin D. Roosevelt
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