Art Quotes

“The downfall of the industry seems to actually be good for art. I think the industry will find their way once the focus shifts from its greed-based origins, downsizes, and begins to support creative visions that speak to our times and shifting ideals.”

-- Saul Williams

“My first love is art, and I see a lot of things in an artistic way.”

-- Robert Carlyle

“People discuss my art and pretend to understand as if it were necessary to understand, when it's simply necessary to love.”

-- Claude Monet

“For his heart was in his work, and the heart giveth grace unto every art.”

-- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“Abstract art: a product of the untalented sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered.”

-- Al Capp

“Football is an art, like dancing is an art - but only when it's well done does it become an art.”

-- Arsene Wenger

“It is not in life, but in art that self-fulfillment is to be found.”

-- Wilson Mizner

“Art is never finished, only abandoned.”

-- Leonardo da Vinci

“The wealthy are always surrounded by hangers-on science and art are as well.”

-- Anton Chekhov

“I try to keep a low profile in general. Not with my art, but just as a person.”

-- Alanis Morissette