Art Quotes
“For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity to exist, a certain physiological precondition is indispensable: intoxication.”
“If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then don't write, because our culture has no use for it.”
-- Anais Nin
“He has only half learned the art of reading who has not added to it the more refined art of skipping and skimming.”
-- Arthur Balfour
“Admiration for a quality or an art can be so strong that it deters us from striving to possess it.”
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
“The Dancer believes that his art has something to say which cannot be expressed in words or in any other way than by dancing.”
-- Doris Humphrey
“I am a walking piece of art every day, with my dreams and my ambitions forward at all times in an effort to inspire my fans to lead their life in that way.”
-- Lady Gaga
“Everyone goes to the same exhibitions and the same parties, stays in the same handful of hotels, eats at the same no-star restaurants, and has almost the same opinions. I adore the art world, but this is copycat behavior in a sphere that prides itself on independent thinking.”
-- Jerry Saltz