art Quotes

You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul.

Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.

Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.

It's easier to replace a dead man than a good picture.

If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.

I think 'Hail to the Chief' has a nice ring to it.

Only one thing is impossible for God: To find any sense in any copyright law on the planet.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords and harmonies.

Without music, life would be a mistake.

Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a metaphysical supplement to the reality of nature, placed alongside thereof for its conquest.