Art Quotes

“At the beginning of the 20th century, the ambition of the great painters was to make paintings that were like music, which was then considered as the noblest art.”

-- Brian Eno

“Art requires neither complaisance nor politeness nothing but faith, faith and freedom.”

-- Gustave Flaubert

“Art begins with resistance - at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.”

-- Andre Gide

“For nine years I worked to change what was hairdressing then into a geometric art form with color, perm without setting which had never been done before.”

-- Vidal Sassoon

“This world is but a canvas to our imagination.”

-- Henry David Thoreau

“The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.”

-- Abraham Lincoln

“In seeking wisdom thou art wise in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool.”

-- Lord Chesterfield

“Chance gives rise to thoughts, and chance removes them no art can keep or acquire them.”

-- Blaise Pascal

“In its most limited sense, modern, art would seem to concern itself only with the technical innovations of the period.”

-- Edward Hopper

“Cinema is still a very young art form with extraordinary techniques and very impressive special effects but sometimes it seems the soul has been taken out of things.”

-- Catherine Deneuve