Quotes about Art
Art may varnish and gild, but it can do no more.
— Henry David Thoreau
But the eyes, though they are no sailors, will never be satisfied with any model, however fashionable, which does not answer all the requisitions of art.
— Henry David Thoreau
A mathematical point is the most indivisble and unique thing which art can present.
— John Donne
Homosexual behavior has been exploited, and reveled in, and celebrated in art, for millennia.
— John Piper
[Phil Wood] knew about wine. He knew about food. He knew about art. He knew about classical music. He was interested in things.
— Jon Gordon
There is a great amity between designing and art.
— Joseph Addison
Poetry is not only the most concise way of conveying the human experience; it also offers the highest possible standards for any linguistic operation.
— Joseph Brodsky
People should practice an art in order to make their souls grow and not to make money or become famous. Paint a picture. Write.
— Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Art should communicate with as many people as possible.
— Madeleine L'Engle
If it's bad art, it's bad religion, no matter how pious the subject.
— Madeleine L'Engle
All forms of art are consciousness expanders, and I am convinced that they will take us further, and more consciously, than drugs.
— Madeleine L'Engle
Painters and poets are obliged to exaggerate the proportions of their figures in order to give true perspective.
— Mahatma Gandhi