Art Quotes
“A primary function of art and thought is to liberate the individual from the tyranny of his culture in the environmental sense and to permit him to stand beyond it in an autonomy of perception and judgment.”
“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