Art begins with resistance - at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor. Andre Gide
To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event. Henri Cartier-Bresson
Art is parasitic on life, just as criticism is parasitic on art. Harry S. Truman
The waking mind is the least serviceable in the arts. Henry Miller
Advertising is the greatest art form of the 20th century. Marshall McLuhan
My imagination can picture no fairer happiness than to continue living for art. Clara Schumann
Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to possess internal order, and that is why, though I don't believe that only art matters, I do believe in Art for Art's sake. E. M. Forster
What art offers is space - a certain breathing room for the spirit. John Updike
To send light into the darkness of men's hearts - such is the duty of the artist. Robert Schumann
Pictures deface walls more often than they decorate them. William Wordsworth
I've been called many names like perfectionist, difficult and obsessive. I think it takes obsession, takes searching for the details for any artist to be good. Barbra Streisand