Art Quotes

“The style of ancient Egyptian art is transcendently clear, something 8-year-olds can recognize in an instant. Its consistency and codification is one of the most epic visual journeys in all art, one that lasts 30 dynasties spread over 3,000 years.”

-- Jerry Saltz

“The terrifying and edible beauty of Art Nouveau architecture.”

-- Salvador Dali

“Great art is the contempt of a great man for small art.”

-- F. Scott Fitzgerald

“Every artist was first an amateur.”

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The best part of the art of living is to know how to grow old gracefully.”

-- Eric Hoffer

“The finest works of art are precious, among other reasons, because they make it possible for us to know, if only imperfectly and for a little while, what it actually feels like to think subtly and feel nobly.”

-- Aldous Huxley

“Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.”

-- Gilbert K. Chesterton

“Film is a very young art that is still evolving. Soon, we shall reach a balance between content and technology.”

-- Catherine Deneuve

“The art of interpretation is not to play what is written.”

-- Pablo Casals

“Art is the proper task of life.”

-- Friedrich Nietzsche