Quotes about Art
Music is the art of the prophets and the gift of God.
— Martin Luther
Beautiful music is the art of the prophets that can calm the agitations of the soul; it is one of the most magnificent and delightful presents God has given us.
— Martin Luther
Personally, I experience the greatest degree of pleasure in having contact with works of art. They furnish me with happy feelings of an intensity such as I cannot derive from other realms.
— Albert Einstein
Love was as subtly caught, as a disease; But being got it is a treasure sweet, which to defend is harder than to get: And ought not be profaned on either part, for though 'Tis got by chance, 'Tis kept by art.
— John Donne
The best way to know God is to love many things.
— Vincent Van Gogh
In our life there is a single color, as on an artist's palette, which provides the meaning of life and art. It is the color of love.
— Marc Chagall
The universe is a masterpiece painted by love's masterstrokes.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
The universe is your canvass; love is your paintbrush.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
I cannot live under pressures from patrons, let alone paint.
— Michelangelo
I am a poor man and of little worth, who is laboring in that art that God has given me in order to extend my life as long as possible.
— Michelangelo
The more the marble wastes, the more the statue grows.
— Michelangelo
So now, from this mad passion Which made me take art for an idol and a king I have learnt the burden of error that it bore And what misfortune springs from man's desire... The world's frivolities have robbed me of the time That I was given for reflecting upon God.
— Michelangelo