For his heart was in his work, and the heart giveth grace unto every art. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Resolve and thou art free. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Art is a harmony parallel with nature. – Paul Cezanne
Film as dream, film as music. No art passes our conscience in the way film does, and goes directly to our feelings, deep down into the dark rooms of our souls. – Ingmar Bergman
I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few. – William Morris
The style of ancient Egyptian art is transcendently clear, something 8-year-olds can recognize in an instant. Its consistency and codification is one of the most epic visual journeys in all art, one that lasts 30 dynasties spread over 3,000 years. – Jerry Saltz
Egotism: The art of seeing in yourself what others cannot see. – George V. Higgins
A work of art has no importance whatever to society. It is only important to the individual. – Vladimir Nabokov
I had wanted a tape recorder since I was tiny. I thought it was a magic thing. I never got one until just before I went to art school. – Brian Eno
Art is anything you can get away with. – Marshall McLuhan
Everything a writer learns about the art or craft of fiction takes just a little away from his need or desire to write at all. In the end he knows all the tricks and has nothing to say. – Raymond Chandler
Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best for that we must have recourse to art. – Baltasar Gracian
To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy. – Will Durant
Oh literature, oh the glorious Art, how it preys upon the marrow in our bones. It scoops the stuffing out of us, and chucks us aside. Alas! – David Herbert Lawrence
Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love. – Claude Monet
In its most limited sense, modern, art would seem to concern itself only with the technical innovations of the period. – Edward Hopper
The question of the value of nationality in art is perhaps unsolvable. – Edward Hopper
The trend in some of the contemporary movements in art, but by no means all, seems to deny this ideal and to me appears to lead to a purely decorative conception of painting. – Edward Hopper
Life is short, the art long. – Hippocrates
Everything that has ever been called folk art has always reflected domination. – Theodor Adorno
