Art Quotes

“Death be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so. For, those, whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow. Die not, poor death, nor yet canst thou kill me.”

-- John Donne

“Wherever the art of medicine is loved, there is also a love of humanity.”

-- Hippocrates

“The last time money left the art world, intrepid types maxed out their credit cards and opened galleries, and a few of them have become the best in the world.”

-- Jerry Saltz

“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.”

-- Thomas Merton

“Art is changing. Again. Here. Now. Opportunities to witness this are rare, so attend and observe.”

-- Jerry Saltz

“Freedom in art, freedom in society, this is the double goal towards which all consistent and logical minds must strive.”

-- Victor Hugo

“All things are artificial, for nature is the art of God.”

-- Thomas Browne

“The problem is that once the rules of art are debunked, and once the unpleasant realities the irony diagnoses are revealed and diagnosed, 'then' what do we do?”

-- David Foster Wallace

“Art, as far as it is able, follows nature, as a pupil imitates his master thus your art must be, as it were, God's grandchild.”

-- Dante Alighieri

“Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art.”

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson