I have a small house so I borrow everything except art, that's what I love. Salma Hayek on art
I think people should be given a test much like driver's tests as to whether they're capable of being parents! It's an art form. I talk a lot. And I think a lot. And I draw a lot. But never in a million years would I have been a parent. That's just work that's too hard. Maurice Sendak on art
I owe much to mother. She had an expert's understanding, but also approached art emotionally. David Rockefeller on art
For me, pointing and clicking my phone is absolutely fine. People say that isn't the art of photography but I don't agree. Annie Lennox on art
Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings. Agnes Martin on art
Wisdom is nothing but a preparation of the soul, a capacity, a secret art of thinking, feeling and breathing thoughts of unity at every moment of life. Herman Hesse on art
For as long as I can remember I have suffered from a deep feeling of anxiety which I have tried to express in my art. Edvard Munch on art
If you cannot learn to love real art at least learn to hate sham art. William Morris on art
The greater the decrease in the social significance of an art form, the sharper the distinction between criticism and enjoyment by the public. The conventional is uncritically enjoyed, and the truly new is criticized with aversion. Walter Benjamin on art
Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art. William Ralph Inge on art
Fashion often starts off beautiful and becomes ugly, whereas art starts off ugly sometimes and becomes beautiful. David Bailey on art
The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out. Walter Benjamin on art
Art evokes the mystery without which the world would not exist. Rene Magritte on art
What matters poverty? What matters anything to him who is enamoured of our art? Does he not carry in himself every joy and every beauty? Sarah Bernhardt on art
Film is a very young art that is still evolving. Soon, we shall reach a balance between content and technology. Catherine Deneuve on art
Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous you don't want it. Duke Ellington on art
Aesthetic emotion puts man in a state favorable to the reception of erotic emotion. Art is the accomplice of love. Take love away and there is no longer art. Remy de Gourmont on art
When the bright angel dominates, out comes a great work of art, a Michelangelo David or a Beethoven symphony. Madeleine L'Engle on art
I like the fact that in ancient Chinese art the great painters always included a deliberate flaw in their work: human creation is never perfect. Madeleine L'Engle on art