Art is not a treasure in the past or an importation from another land, but part of the present life of all living and creating peoples. Franklin D. Roosevelt on art
Art is making something out of nothing and selling it. Frank Zappa on art
The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things. Henry Ward Beecher on art
All married couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of making love. Good battle is objective and honest - never vicious or cruel. Good battle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principles of equal partnership. Ann Landers on art
The web, then, or the pattern, a web at once sensuous and logical, an elegant and pregnant texture: that is style, that is the foundation of the art of literature. Robert Louis Stevenson on art
Dear God! how beauty varies in nature and art. In a woman the flesh must be like marble in a statue the marble must be like flesh. Victor Hugo on art
He who would do good to another must do it in Minute Particulars: general Good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocrite, and flatterer, for Art and Science cannot exist but in minutely organized Particulars. William Blake on art
When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life. Marcus Aurelius on art
Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art. Andy Warhol on art
Europe is so well gardened that it resembles a work of art, a scientific theory, a neat metaphysical system. Man has re-created Europe in his own image. Aldous Huxley on art
Surely all art is the result of one's having been in danger, of having gone through an experience all the way to the end, where no one can go any further. Rainer Maria Rilke on art
I am a soul. I know well that what I shall render up to the grave is not myself. That which is myself will go elsewhere. Earth, thou art not my abyss! Victor Hugo on art
Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art. Ansel Adams on art
Perhaps it's good for one to suffer. Can an artist do anything if he's happy? Would he ever want to do anything? What is art, after all, but a protest against the horrible inclemency of life? Aldous Huxley on art
The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on. Ulysses S. Grant on art
The finest works of art are precious, among other reasons, because they make it possible for us to know, if only imperfectly and for a little while, what it actually feels like to think subtly and feel nobly. Aldous Huxley on art
Art is the elimination of the unnecessary. Pablo Picasso on art
I think most of the people involved in any art always secretly wonder whether they are really there because they're good or there because they're lucky. Katharine Hepburn on art
The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much. William Hazlitt on art
Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy. Isaac Newton on art