Art Quotes
Quotes about art and the artists who make it. This hand-picked collection brings together 22 of the finest art quotes ever written — from Immanuel Kant, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Oscar Wilde and other great voices. Tap Copy on any quote to save or share it.
A single line in a work of art can change the whole.
A work of art is a scream of freedom.
Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.
One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.
Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.
Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.
Writing is the painting of the voice.
Creativity takes courage.
The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.
Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.
True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, as those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.
Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.
A picture is a poem without words.
Every artist was first an amateur.
Inside you there's an artist you don't know about.
Art is never finished, only abandoned.
Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words.
The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.
A picture is worth a thousand words.
Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.