The art of interpretation is not to play what is written. Pablo Casals on art
I am trying to make art that relates to the deepest and most mythic concerns of human kind and I believe that, at this moment of history, feminism is humanism. Judy Chicago on art
All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of will but must wait until what he believes to be a good idea for a work comes to him. W. H. Auden on art
In every work of art the subject is primordial, whether the artist knows it or not. The measure of the formal qualities is only a sign of the measure of the artist's obsession with his subject the form is always in proportion to the obsession. Alberto Giacometti on art
To know how to suggest is the great art of teaching. To attain it we must be able to guess what will interest we must learn to read the childish soul as we might a piece of music. Then, by simply changing the key, we keep up the attraction and vary the song. Henri Frederic Amiel on art
In fact, in many ways my mother was quite hippy-dippy, serving macrobiotic food and reading 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.' Kristin Scott Thomas on art
Another unsettling element in modern art is that common symptom of immaturity, the dread of doing what has been done before. Edith Wharton on art
Art is the signature of civilizations. Beverly Sills on art
Although all the good arts serve to draw man's mind away from vices and lead it toward better things, this function can be more fully performed by this art, which also provides extraordinary intellectual pleasure. Nicolaus Copernicus on art
The details are the very source of expression in architecture. But we are caught in a vice between art and the bottom line. Arthur Erickson on art
Surrealism: An archaic term. Formerly an art movement. No longer distinguishable from everyday life. Brad Holland on art
I try to give people a different way of looking at their surroundings. That's art to me. Maya Lin on art
Translation is the art of failure. Umberto Eco on art
Life is very nice, but it lacks form. It's the aim of art to give it some. Jean Anouilh on art
I'm very happy to hear that my work inspires writers and painters. It's the most beautiful compliment, the greatest reward. Art should always be an exchange. Nick Cave on art
Literature is the art of discovering something extraordinary about ordinary people, and saying with ordinary words something extraordinary. Boris Pasternak on art
Raising children is a creative endeavor, an art rather than a science. Bruno Bettelheim on art
The whole aspect of cinema and film festivals should be a moment to come together and celebrate art and humanity. It would be a shame if there was such a divide. Keanu Reeves on art
The art of economics consists in looking not merely at the immediate but at the longer effects of any act or policy it consists in tracing the consequences of that policy not merely for one group but for all groups. Henry Hazlitt on art
All art is exorcism. I paint dreams and visions too the dreams and visions of my time. Painting is the effort to produce order order in yourself. There is much chaos in me, much chaos in our time. Otto Dix on art