Art Quotes

Art helps nature, and experience art.

Every artist writes his own autobiography.

The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life.

Art can only be truly Art by presenting an adequate outward symbol of some fact in the interior life.

Art is not a pastime but a priesthood.

Not only great works of art produce such intense flow experiences; for the trained eye, even the most mundane sights can be delightful. A man who lives in one of Chicago’s suburbs, and takes the elevated train to work every morning, says: “On a day like this, or days when it’s crystal clear, I just […]

There are only two styles of portrait painting, the serious and the smirk.

An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.

Have no fear of perfection – you’ll never reach it.

Art is the stored honey of the human soul, gathered on wings of misery and travail.