Art Quotes

“Does art have a future? Performance genres like opera, theater, music and dance are thriving all over the world, but the visual arts have been in slow decline for nearly 40 years. No major figure of profound influence has emerged in painting or sculpture since the waning of Pop Art and the birth of Minimalism in the early 1970s.”

-- Camille Paglia

“I've sort of escaped my background, as people often do, through art and culture.”

-- Danny Boyle

“Much good art got made while money ruled I like a lot of it, and hardship and poverty aren't virtues. The good news is that, since almost no one will be selling art, artists - especially emerging ones - won't have to think about turning out a consistent style or creating a brand. They'll be able to experiment as much as they want.”

-- Jerry Saltz

“Wushu is a move in Chinese, a physical move. An attack. Wushu is like an art.”

-- Jet Li

“Music is the art of the prophets and the gift of God.”

-- Martin Luther

“Light in Nature creates the movement of colors.”

-- Robert Delaunay

“The art of using deceit and cunning grow continually weaker and less effective to the user.”

-- John Tillotson

“Art is the signature of civilizations.”

-- Beverly Sills

“The Met is not only the finest encyclopedic museum of art in the United States it is arguably the finest anywhere.”

-- Jerry Saltz

“An art which isn't based on feeling isn't an art at all.”

-- Paul Cezanne