Top 1200 Inspiration And Art Quotes & Sayings - Page 19

I expect to see the coming decades transform the planet into an art form; the new man, linked in a cosmic harmony that transcends time and space, will sensuously caress and mold and pattern every facet of the terrestrial artifact as if it were a work of art, and man himself will become an organic art form.

We were told, quite seriously, that there never would be a Canadian art because we had no art tradition.

But perhaps my art is the art of a lunatic, I thought, mere glittering quicksilver, a blue soul breaking in upon my pictures.

Do not set out to make Mexican art, or American, Chinese, or Russian art. Think in terms of universality.

Everyone should be able to make art about ideas without getting cornered into self-art.

Art can only be truly art by presenting an adequate outward symbol of some fact in the interior life.

The art of avoiding extremes is an art that is drawn on the canvas of maturity and painted with the abstract strokes of many experiences.

The art market is global now, and there's becoming more of an international consensus about what constitutes good art.

Dior Couture is like art - they are the art pieces of a fashion house. Each piece is unique and made by hand.

There is a lot that horses and art share in common. I have found that most horse people are art lovers, and vice versa.

I've been covering the art industry for nine years, and I still don't feel like I have a clear grasp on what an art consultant does. What's the difference between a dealer and an art consultant? Who are they? What's their day to day like? So I asked a few private dealers, consultants and curators to talk about what they do. Everyone told me a different story.

The art market is global now, and theres becoming more of an international consensus about what constitutes good art.

Living is the art of loving. Loving is the art of caring. Caring is the art of sharing. Sharing is the art of living. If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.

I think the problem with the art market and the art scene is that it is its own beast. It thrives and breathes and defecates independently of the artist.

The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.

I gravitate toward contemporary art. I love great paintings, sculpture, photography, some video art.

I'm not anti conceptual art. I don't think painting must be revived, exactly. Art reflects life, and our lives are full of algorithms, so a lot of people are going to want to make art that's like an algorithm. But my language is painting, and painting is the opposite of that. There's something primal about it. It's innate, the need to make marks. That's why, when you're a child, you scribble.

Art curates compassion. Art to me breaks down walls and allows us to step into somebody else's shoes.

In the past, art was admired and revered from afar. Today, there is more of an interactive relationship between the art and the person who admires it.

The syllogism art for art's sake refers to that kind of painting which disregards, or is contrary to, public taste.

I still believe that the best art - be it music, comedy, painting, etc. - is the art that hasn't been asked for, or is expected.

There is in reality no such thing as modern art. Art is carried on up and down in immense cycles through centuries and civilizations.

Art is accusation, expression, passion. Art is a fight to the finish between black charcoal and white paper.

Just as the science and art of agriculture depend upon chemistry and botany, so the art of education depends upon physiology and psychology.

In every art, beginners must start with models of those who have practiced the same art before them.

Efforts to revive the art principles of the past at best produce works of art that resemble a stillborn child.

If the picture is not an artistic picture, it's show, like television. Television series are very funny, but it's a collective production. An industrial art. A car is not made by a person, it's made by a group of creators, only to go to the market to buy your cigarettes. That is a car - they are not a big art, they are a little art.

I call the art of theatre a "dirty art", since there are so many people involved who have needs and whims to be satisfied.

Art - be it painting, sculpture, music - they are all creations, they are creative acts. I consider a film, with everything that is involved in it, an art.

Art is about energy positive and negative. All art has the power to heal because it helps us see who we are, and what we resist.

By my definition, most art has nothing to do with oil paint or marble. Art is what we're doing when we do our best work.

The closer and more completely you can come to explaining what a work of art means, the less like art it seems.

Art is not in some far-off place. A work of art is the expression of a man's whole personality, sensibility and ability.

Art itself is knowledge of the spiritual world. Art is information from higher forces, by those who are talented. I'm not jiving.

Art is something to be proud of. Art is no compromise. As an actor, you're giving it up, you're at the mercy of so many other people.

I finally got to the point where I decided I don't care if it's good art or bad art - it's what I do. I enjoy doing it, and people like it.

I believe in art that is connected to real human feeling, that extends itself beyond the limits of the art world to embrace all people who are striving for alternatives in an increasingly dehumanized world. I am trying to make art that relates to the deepest and most mythic concerns of human kind and I believe that, at this moment of history, feminism is humanism.

I don't really believe in political art. I feel in my heart the purpose of art transcends cultural and class and politics. I think something like the Sistine Chapel is something that goes beyond just being a Christian thing. It transcends its Christianity and becomes sort of a universal beauty. And I think that's true of music and art and literature.

I spend much more time looking at art history and at different references to art than I do at actual objects.

In today's climate in our country, which is sickened with the pollution of pollution, threatened with the prominence of AIDS, riddled with burgeoning racism, rife with growing huddles of the homeless, we need art and we need art in all forms. We need all methods of art to be present, everywhere present, and all the time present.

It is the glory and good of Art, That Art remains the one way possible Of speaking truth, to mouths like mine at least.

Nursing is an art: and if it is to be made an art, it requires an exclusive devotion as hard a preparation as any painter's or sculptor's work.

I started to paint in the year 2000. I never thought of going to an art school, even though I loved art.

My dark little secret is that I don't actually believe many people in the art world have much feeling for art.

True art is alive and inspired by humanity. I believe that art helps us to be free from aggression and depression.

You don't have to make something that people call art. Living is an artistic activity, there is an art to getting through the day.

The man who would emancipate art from discipline and reason is trying to elude rationality, not merely in art, but in all existence.

Art is solace; art is vision, and when I pick up a literary work, I am a consumer of literature for its own sake.

Art is not in some far-off place. A work of Art is the expression of a man's whole personality, sensibility and ability

The art of cookery is the art of poisoning mankind, by rendering the appetite still importunate, when the wants of nature are supplied.

The cave art of Madison Avenue has been by far the most innovative and educative art form of the twentieth century.

There are little Indian girls out there who look up to me, and I never want to belittle the honor of being an inspiration to them. But while I’m talking about why I’m so different, white male show runners get to talk about their art. I always get asked, ‘Where do you get your confidence?’ I think people are well meaning, but it’s pretty insulting. Because what it means to me is, ‘You, Mindy Kaling, have all the trappings of a very marginalized person. You’re not skinny, you’re not white, you’re a woman. Why on earth would you feel like you’re worth anything?’

Poetry is an art, and chief of the fine art; the easiest to dabble in, the hardest in which to reach true excellence.

A clear idea about the nature of quality in art will always result in inferior art tailored to it.

All art becomes history as soon as it is made, so it is inevitably part of a tradition. It doesn't matter a toss if it is in paint or in film; it is all art.

I think a smart person today realizes that you have to be part of the art films that are done just for the sake of the art.

Nature does not create works of art. It is we, and the faculty of interpretation peculiar to the human mind, that see art.

A proof of really great art is that it is generally true - it seldom falls into the misapprehensions to which minor art is liable.

I don't want to sign four films at a time, as acting is an art, and art cannot be done without honesty.

The whole culture is telling you to hurry, while the art tells you to take your time. Always listen to the art.