Art Quotes
“It is commonly supposed that the art of pleasing is a wonderful aid in the pursuit of fortune but the art of being bored is infinitely more successful.”
“The work of art assumes the existence of the perfect spectator, and is indifferent to the fact that no such person exists.”
-- E. M. Forster
“Every time a student walks past a really urgent, expressive piece of architecture that belongs to his college, it can help reassure him that he does have that mind, does have that soul.”
-- Louis Kahn
“The excellency of every art is its intensity, capable of making all disagreeable evaporate.”
-- John Keats