My love of fine art increased - the more of it I saw, the more of it I wanted to see. Paul Getty on art
Mournful and yet grand is the destiny of the artist. Franz Liszt on art
The artist's world is limitless. It can be found anywhere, far from where he lives or a few feet away. It is always on his doorstep. Paul Strand on art
Artists don't make objects. Artists make mythologies. Anish Kapoor on art
The principle of art is to pause, not bypass. Jerzy Kosinski on art
Art is the unceasing effort to compete with the beauty of flowers - and never succeeding. Gian Carlo Menotti on art
The writer, when he is also an artist, is someone who admits what others don't dare reveal. Elia Kazan on art
The works must be conceived with fire in the soul but executed with clinical coolness. Joan Miro on art
Trying to force creativity is never good. Sarah McLachlan on art
Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued. Jean Rostand on art
When I think of art I think of beauty. Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye it is in the mind. In our minds there is awareness of perfection. Agnes Martin on art
Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves that they have a better idea. John Ciardi on art
No heirloom of humankind captures the past as do art and language. Theodore Bikel on art
The history of modern art is also the history of the progressive loss of art's audience. Art has increasingly become the concern of the artist and the bafflement of the public. Paul Gauguin on art
In an artwork you're always looking for artistic decisions, so an ashtray is perfect. An ashtray has got life and death. Damien Hirst on art
Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers... What we call art is a game. Octavio Paz on art
The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing. Eugene Delacroix on art
I think an artist's responsibility is more complex than people realize. Jodie Foster on art
Painting is by nature a luminous language. Robert Delaunay on art