Who would dare assign to art the sterile function of imitating nature? Charles Baudelaire on art
Art! Who comprehends her? With whom can one consult concerning this great goddess? Ludwig van Beethoven on art
Black literature is taught as sociology, as tolerance, not as a serious, rigorous art form. Toni Morrison on art
Art is always criticized and always an outsider gets the blame. Ville Valo on art
Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probability. William Osler on art
Art saved me it got me through my depression and self-loathing, back to a place of innocence. Jeanette Winterson on art
Artists don't talk about art. Artists talk about work. If I have anything to say to young writers, it's stop thinking of writing as art. Think of it as work. Paddy Chayefsky on art
Jazz is known all over the world as an American musical art form and that's it. No America, no jazz. I've seen people try to connect it to other countries, for instance to Africa, but it doesn't have a damn thing to do with Africa. Art Blakey on art
Art attracts us only by what it reveals of our most secret self. Alfred North Whitehead on art
To injure an opponent is to injure yourself. To control aggression without inflicting injury is the Art of Peace. Morihei Ueshiba on art
I'm very manipulative towards directors. My theory is that everyone on the set is directing the film, we're all receiving art messages from the universe on how we should do the film. Jeff Bridges on art
I'm very much into the costuming of any character that I portray and it's one of the great things about making movies is it's a collaborative art form so you get all these artists who are looking specifically about for this instance your character's costume and what that might tell about your character. Jeff Bridges on art
A primary function of art and thought is to liberate the individual from the tyranny of his culture in the environmental sense and to permit him to stand beyond it in an autonomy of perception and judgment. Beverly Sills on art
Becoming emancipated at 14, my life wasn't normal. I didn't have to go to school, so I didn't. I was rebellious by nature. I spent my 20s focusing on my company, Flower Films, and producing movies. Now that I'm almost 30, I would like to try other things in lie. I'm crazy about photography, and I want to take an art history class. Drew Barrymore on art
I love doing normal things - movies, shopping, going out with friends, writing, reading, taking hot bubble baths - that's a big one for relaxation. I also love to go to art and history museums. Christina Aguilera on art
Piano playing is a dying art. I love the fact that I can be one guy with one instrument evoking an emotional and musical experience. Jon Bon Jovi on art
I don't believe in art. I believe in artists. Marcel Duchamp on art
Art is like a border of flowers along the course of civilization. Lincoln Steffens on art
Life is the only art that we are required to practice without preparation, and without being allowed the preliminary trials, the failures and botches, that are essential for training. Lewis Mumford on art
People discuss my art and pretend to understand as if it were necessary to understand, when it's simply necessary to love. Claude Monet on art