- 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
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
My personal challenge as an artist has been having a day job which is intellectually satisfying and fun - and thus can easily supplant the desire to make art.
- Reading
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- Nov 07, 2020
I recommend the art of slow reading.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I realised at the age of 16 that unless I read the gospels, I would never have access to Renaissance art, to the music of Bach or the novels of Dostoevsky. So in the evenings, when the other boys went to play basketball or chase girls - I had no chance in either - I found my comfort in Jesus.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
Art is for entertainment purposes, but it's also to reflect our dreams, our hopes, the present, the future the past - whether it's good or bad.
- Logic
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- Nov 07, 2020
Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding.
- Flat
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- Nov 07, 2020
Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic.
- Gift
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- Nov 07, 2020
Eloquence, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be. It includes the gift of making any color appear white.
- Nov 07, 2020
Ballet is a finite art - your body won't let you do it forever, so I wanted to do it while I could.
- Done
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- Nov 07, 2020
When taxidermy is done well it's an amazing piece of art.
- Positive
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- Nov 07, 2020
And what I love about music and art in general is that you can take something so negative or positive - any emotion, no matter how sad or happy - and turn it into art.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, when I went through my depression, I always felt like I was alone, and because people never understood me, I had to shut myself out from the world. Art and music was the only thing that could ever help me get over that.
- Purple
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- Nov 07, 2020