Art, Iris Murdoch

But fantasy kills imagination, pornography is death to art.

- Iris Murdoch (1919-1999)

Art, Iris Murdoch

All art is a struggle to be, in a particular sort of way, virtuous.

- Iris Murdoch (1919-1999)

Mysteriousness, Albert Einstein

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.

- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

Art, Iris Murdoch

Art is the final cunning of the human soul which would rather do anything than face the gods.

- Iris Murdoch (1919-1999)

Art, Henry Ward Beecher

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.

- Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887)

Art, Scott Adams

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.

- Scott Adams (1957- )

Art, Paul Gauguin

Art is either plagiarism or revolution.

- Paul Gauguin (1848-1903)

Art, Andy Warhol

Land really is the best art.

- Andy Warhol (1928-1987)

Arts, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The true, prescriptive artist strives after artistic truth; the lawless artist, following blind instinct, after an appearance of naturalness. The one leads to the highest peaks of art, the other to its lowest depths.

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)

Arts, André Malraux

History may clarify our understanding of the supreme work of art, but can never account for it completely; for the Time of art is not the same as the Time of history.

- André Malraux (1901-1976)

Modern art, Tom Stoppard

Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art.

- Tom Stoppard (1937- )

Arts, Frida Kahlo

I paint my own reality. The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to, and I paint whatever passes through my head without any other consideration.

- Frida Kahlo (1907-1954)

Art, Anonymous

If you like a pretty girl, it's because you know and pursue beauty. That means you're a potential artist.

- An anonymous potential artist

Art, Pablo Picasso

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.

- Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)

Advice, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture and, if possible, speak a few reasonable words.

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)

Art, Francois Cavanna

When Michelangelo finished the painting of the Sistine Chapel's ceiling, he spent the rest of his life trying to remove the paint that had poured into his sleeve.

- François Cavanna (1923- )

Life, Hippocrates

Greek

Ὁ βίος βραχύς,
ἡ δὲ τέχνη μακρή,
ὁ δὲ καιρὸς ὀξύς,
ἡ δὲ πεῖρα σφαλερή,
ἡ δὲ κρίσις χαλεπή.

- Hippokratēs

Life is short,
art is long,
opportunity fleeting,
experiment uncertain,
and judgement difficult.

- Hippocrates (460BC–370BC)

Art, Seneca

All art is an imitation of nature.

- Seneca

Art, Pablo Picasso

Give me a museum and I'll fill it.

- Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)

Art, Will Rogers

See what will happen if you don't stop biting your fingernails?

- Will Rogers (1879-1935), to his niece on seeing the Venus de Milo

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