Art Quotes

“Mild autism can give you a genius like Einstein. If you have severe autism, you could remain nonverbal. You don't want people to be on the severe end of the spectrum. But if you got rid of all the autism genetics, you wouldn't have science or art. All you would have is a bunch of social 'yak yaks.'”

-- Temple Grandin

“The love of all-inclusiveness is as dangerous in philosophy as in art.”

-- George Santayana

“Envy is the art of counting the other fellow's blessings instead of your own.”

-- Harold Coffin

“I can't bear art that you can walk round and admire. A book should be either a bandit or a rebel or a man in the crowd.”

-- David Herbert Lawrence

“Every man should follow the bent of his nature in art and letters, always provided that he does not offend against the rules of morality and good taste.”

-- Thomas Edward Brown

“There are neither good nor bad subjects. From the point of view of pure Art, you could almost establish it as an axiom that the subject is irrelevant, style itself being an absolute manner of seeing things.”

-- Gustave Flaubert

“Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.”

-- Twyla Tharp

“Tell me thy company, and I'll tell thee what thou art.”

-- Miguel de Cervantes

“Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul.”

-- W. Somerset Maugham

“I love to collect modern art.”

-- Maria Sharapova