To say that a work of art is good, but incomprehensible to the majority of men, is the same as saying of some kind of food that it is very good but that most people cant eat it. – Leo Tolstoy
Art is mans expression of his joy in labor. – Henry A. Kissinger
Art for arts sake is a philosophy of the well-fed. – Frank Lloyd Wright
Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to possess internal order, and that is why, though I dont believe that only art matters, I do believe in Art for Arts sake. – E. M. Forster
To send light into the darkness of mens hearts – such is the duty of the artist. – Robert Schumann
Ive been called many names like perfectionist, difficult and obsessive. I think it takes obsession, takes searching for the details for any artist to be good. – Barbra Streisand
All art is autobiographical. The pearl is the oysters autobiography. – Federico Fellini
I dont paint things. I only paint the difference between things. – Henri Matisse
The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know youre an artist. – David Hockney
Art is a revolt against fate. All art is a revolt against mans fate. – Andre Malraux
I dont think theres any artist of any value who doesnt doubt what theyre doing. – Francis Ford Coppola
Time extracts various values from a painters work. When these values are exhausted the pictures are forgotten, and the more a picture has to give, the greater it is. – Henri Matisse
Ive never really had a hobby, unless you count art, which the IRS once told me I had to declare as a hobby since I hadnt made money with it. – Laurie Anderson
I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I dont need. – Auguste Rodin
Thats the motivation of an artist – to seek attention of some kind. – James Taylor
Art doesnt transform. It just plain forms. – Roy Lichtenstein
The artists world is limitless. It can be found anywhere, far from where he lives or a few feet away. It is always on his doorstep. – Paul Strand
Artists dont make objects. Artists make mythologies. – Anish Kapoor
The writer, when he is also an artist, is someone who admits what others dont dare reveal. – Elia Kazan
The history of modern art is also the history of the progressive loss of arts audience. Art has increasingly become the concern of the artist and the bafflement of the public. – Paul Gauguin
