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.”
“Building art is a synthesis of life in materialised form. We should try to bring in under the same hat not a splintered way of thinking, but all in harmony together.”
-- Alvar Aalto
“How can anybody learn anything from an artwork when the piece of art only reflects the vanity of the artist and not reality?”
-- Lou Reed
“O, thou art fairer than the evening air clad in the beauty of a thousand stars.”
-- Christopher Marlowe
“I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few.”
-- William Morris
“Gossip is the art of saying nothing in a way that leaves practically nothing unsaid.”
-- Walter Winchell