Quotes about Art
Prose, rightly written and read, is sometimes as beautiful as poetry.
— LM Montgomery
Art is born of the observation and investigation of nature.
— Cicero
Inequality may linger in the world of material things, but great music, great literature, great art and the wonders of science are, and should be, open to all.
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
Psychology is a science, and teaching is an art; and sciences never generate arts directly out of themselves.
— William James
Infinity is present in each part. A loving smile contains all art. The motes of starlight spark and dart. A grain of sand holds power and might.
— Madeleine L'Engle
The Sabbath is the day on which we learn the art of surpassing civilization.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
Above all, remember that the meaning of life is to live as if it were a work of art. You're not a machine. When you're young, start working on this great work of art called your own existence.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
Above all, remember that the meaning of life is to live it as if it were a work of art. You're not a machine. When you're young, start working on this great work of art called your own existence.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
Artistic talent is like a brilliant firework which streaks across a pitch-black night, inspiring awe among onlookers but extinguishing itself in seconds, leaving behind only darkness and longing.
— Alain de Botton
Art builds up self-knowledge, and is an excellent way of communicating the resulting fruit to other people.
— Alain de Botton
A picture's beauty does not depend on the things portrayed in it.
— Alain de Botton
The development of the artist provides a profound model of the process of maturation.
— Alain de Botton