There is no more difficult art to acquire than the art of observation, and for some men it is quite as difficult to record an observation in brief and plain language. William Osler on art
The work of art, just like any fragment of human life considered in its deepest meaning, seems to me devoid of value if it does not offer the hardness, the rigidity, the regularity, the luster on every interior and exterior facet, of the crystal. Pope Paul VI on art
The contemporary thing in art and literature is the thing which doesn't make enough difference to the people of that generation so that they can accept it or reject it. Gertrude Stein on art
I love prints of skulls and bones and have some taxidermy - a crow and a rabbit - to remind me of home. I like art and have a big portrait of Bjork. Ellie Goulding on art
The art of pleasing is the art of deception. Luc de Clapiers on art
Football is an art, like dancing is an art - but only when it's well done does it become an art. Arsene Wenger on art
Modernity is the transitory, the fugitive, the contingent, which make up one half of art, the other being the eternal and the immutable. This transitory fugitive element, which is constantly changing, must not be despised or neglected. Charles Baudelaire on art
It is from the womb of art that criticism was born. Charles Baudelaire on art
Modernity signifies the transitory, the fugitive, the contingent, the half of art of which the other half is the eternal and the immutable. Charles Baudelaire on art
Art is not living. It is the use of living. Audre Lorde on art
The work of art is a scream of freedom. Christo on art
The body is your instrument in dance, but your art is outside that creature, the body. Martha Graham on art
Art is contemplation. It is the pleasure of the mind which searches into nature and which there divines the spirit of which nature herself is animated. Auguste Rodin on art
The art of mastering life is the prerequisite for all further forms of expression, whether they are paintings, sculptures, tragedies, or musical compositions. Paul Klee on art
I like science and I love gym. Oh, and I like art, but I'm really bad at it. I'm just a terrible drawer. I can't draw a circle. Even with a ruler, I can't draw a straight line. Daniel Radcliffe on art
Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it. Oliver Herford on art
I don't watch television, I think it destroys the art of talking about oneself. Stephen Fry on art
Great art speaks a language which every intelligent person can understand. The people who call themselves modernists today speak a different language. Marshall McLuhan on art
All good criticism should be judged the way art is. You shouldn't read it the way you read history or science. Leslie Fiedler on art