Quotes about Art
Photography is a witness against the mistaken opinion that art is an imitation of nature.
— Heinrich Heine
Homeliness is almost as great a merit in a book as in a house, if the reader would abide there. It is next to beauty, and a very high art.
— Henry David Thoreau
Great art transcends its culture and touches on that which is eternal.
— Madeleine L'Engle
To say a compliment well is a high art and few possess it.
— Mark Twain
Art, I suppose, is only for beginners, who have made up in their minds to be content with symbols rather than with what they signify, with the elegantly composed recipe in lieu of actual dinner.
— Aldous Huxley
Art and religion, carnivals and saturnalia, dancing and listening to oratory - all these have served, in H. G. Wells's phrase, as Doors in the Wall.
— Aldous Huxley
The proper use of commas is often more art than science.
— Bill Walsh
Art can teach without at all ceasing to be art.
— CS Lewis
Christian theology can fit in science, art, morality, and the sub-Christian religious. The scientific point of view cannot fit any of these things, not even science itself.
— CS Lewis
Surely the novel should be a form of art - but art was not enough. It must contain not only the perfection of art, but the imperfection of nature.
— Ellen Glasgow
Most art in the world does not have a capital 'A,' but is a way of turning everyday objects into personal expressions.
— Gloria Steinem
Nature is mythical and mystical always, and works with the license and extravagance of genius. She has her luxurious and florid style as well as art.
— Henry David Thoreau