Quotes about Art
The belief in God rests on the art and wisdom displayed in the order of the world.
— Gregory of Nyssa
True poets lead no one unawares. It is nothing other than awareness that poets-that is, creators of all sorts-seek. They do not display their art so as to make it appear real; they display the real in a way that reveals it to be art.
— James Carse
For when it is the good that is under consideration, and the ethical object is predominant, truth must be considered more in reference to art than science, if, that is, unity is to be preserved in the work generally.
— Friedrich Schleiermacher
To most women art is a form of scandal.
— F Scott Fitzgerald
... there is a lightness about the feminine mind--a touch and go--music, the fine arts, that kind of thing--they should study those up to a certain point, women should; but in a light way, you know.
— George Eliot
Women are like the arts, forced unto none, Open to all searchers, unprized, if unknown.
— John Donne
I draw my idea of the form of government from a principle in nature, which no art can overturn, viz. that the more simple any thing is, the less liable it is to be disordered, and the easier repaired when disordered;
— Thomas Paine
The Bible illustrated by Dore occupied many of my hours - and I think probably gave me many nightmares.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Knowing how to help people is an art and the person who knows how to do it can always know that he will have the lasting affection of many.
— Norman Vincent Peale
Junk is in the eyes of the beholder. Some look, but others see.
— Myles Munroe
What of Art? -It is a malady. --Love? -An Illusion. --Religion? -The fashionable substitute for Belief. --You are a sceptic. -Never! Scepticism is the beginning of Faith. --What are you? -To define is to limit.
— Oscar Wilde
Life has been your art. You have set yourself to music. Your days are your sonnets.
— Oscar Wilde