I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be ignorance, and affection to be art. Khalil Gibran on art
There's no art to find the mind's construction in the face. William Shakespeare on art
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook. William James on art
The art of love is largely the art of persistence. Albert Ellis on art
The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you. Oscar Wilde on art
If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him. John F. Kennedy on art
It is only an auctioneer who can equally and impartially admire all schools of art. Oscar Wilde on art
What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do, is to revive the old art of Lying. Oscar Wilde on art
The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting. Sun Tzu on art
A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his heart first opened. Albert Camus on art
Speak the truth, do not yield to anger give, if thou art asked for little by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods. Confucius on art
A work of art is above all an adventure of the mind. Eugene Ionesco on art
Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. Dwight D. Eisenhower on art
The art of acting consists in keeping people from coughing. Benjamin Franklin on art
In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to another. Voltaire on art
Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday. Don Marquis on art
I think in art, but especially in films, people are trying to confirm their own existences. Jim Morrison on art
If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or music, then in that respect you can call me that... I believe in what I do, and I'll say it. John Lennon on art
Life is the art of drawing without an eraser. John W. Gardner on art