- Impossible
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- Nov 07, 2020
Art Quotes
Why people make it, and who it's for.
This set of "art" quotes leans toward purpose — one artist frames their work as a way to elevate others, while another argues that art shapes who a person becomes. For quotes on standing out through craft, see Great quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Nov 07, 2020
Leonardo Da Vinci combined art and science and aesthetics and engineering, that kind of unity is needed once again.
- Brave
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- Nov 07, 2020
They say Princes learn no art truly, but the art of horsemanship. The reason is, the brave beast is no flatterer. He will throw a prince as soon as his groom.
- Hath
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- Nov 07, 2020
Art hath an enemy called Ignorance.
- Me
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For me, one of the things art has to examine is how to live your life, and unless it's doing that, it doesn't work for me.
- Good
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Art is the ultimate luxury good, but one that can make you think, give a you a blast of beauty and enhance your life. Even if the work's made of plasticine.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
We live in this thought web; we identify things and put them away and distance ourselves from them. But to be completely present? That is source, that is art, that is spirituality. And meditation is a way to defy fear and experience that source.
- Courage
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's up to the courage of the filmmakers to make art in cinema, not just business. John was rejected by studios, he borrowed money and did movies with his own money. You're either courageous or not. You have to find a way.
- Art Forms
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- Nov 07, 2020
When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone - it's possible. But creatively, it's more like painting: you can't just use the same colours in every painting. It's just not an option. You can't take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.
- Cater
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- Nov 07, 2020
The rule in the art world is: you cater to the masses or you kowtow to the elite; you can't have both.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
In a time of fractured politics, our need for unifying cultural events is more acute, and particularly our need for creators who do not deny the people their art because of the votes they cast.
- Gone
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- Nov 07, 2020
I haven't studied art and I haven't studied typography, but I've still gone out and done it.
- School
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the advantages of not going to art school is that you're not taught what you can't do.
- Sell
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't want to sell to street art collectors, I want to sell to art collectors.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to run away from the cops and now I stand and chat with them about my art. I'm older now and it is harder to run away from them. It would be embarrassing for an older man to get arrested by someone half your age. So I gave up running.
- Nov 07, 2020