The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection. Michelangelo on art
Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth. John Ruskin on art
Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art. Ambrose Bierce on art
Even a true artist does not always produce art. Carroll O'Connor on art
An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world. George Santayana on art
If we could but paint with the hand what we see with the eye. Honore de Balzac on art
Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still. Dorothea Lange on art
To say that a work of art is good, but incomprehensible to the majority of men, is the same as saying of some kind of food that it is very good but that most people can't eat it. Leo Tolstoy on art
Painting is an infinitely minute part of my personality. Salvador Dali on art
A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears. Gertrude Stein on art
I cry out for order and find it only in art. Helen Hayes on art
Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together. John Ruskin on art
Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame. Gilbert K. Chesterton on art
The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity. Walt Whitman on art
Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs. Ansel Adams on art
Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul. W. Somerset Maugham on art