The sinews of art and literature, like those of war, are money. Samuel Butler on art
The youth of an art is, like the youth of anything else, its most interesting period. When it has come to the knowledge of good and evil it is stronger, but we care less about it. Samuel Butler on art
What is comedy? Comedy is the art of making people laugh without making them puke. Steve Martin on art
It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance... and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process. Henry James on art
Diversity: the art of thinking independently together. Malcolm Forbes on art
The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique. Isaac Bashevis Singer on art
There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is by studying little things that we attain the great art of having as little misery and as much happiness as possible. Samuel Johnson on art
Life is the art of being well deceived and in order that the deception may succeed it must be habitual and uninterrupted. William Hazlitt on art
All nature is but art unknown to thee. Alexander Pope on art
Men's magazines often feature pictures of naked ladies. Women's magazines also often feature pictures of naked ladies. This is because the female body is a beautiful work of art, while the male body is hairy and lumpy and should not be seen by the light of day. Richard Roeper on art
The only honest art form is laughter, comedy. You can't fake it... try to fake three laughs in an hour - ha ha ha ha ha - they'll take you away, man. You can't. Lenny Bruce on art
An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture. Jean Cocteau on art
Art begins in imitation and ends in innovation. Mason Cooley on art
A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art. Paul Cezanne on art
Architecture is the art of how to waste space. Philip Johnson on art
Courtesy is a silver lining around the dark clouds of civilization it is the best part of refinement and in many ways, an art of heroic beauty in the vast gallery of man's cruelty and baseness. Bryant H. McGill on art