Art Quotes - Page 38

• An artist worthy of the name should express all the truth of nature, not only the exterior truth, but also, and above all, the inner truth.

  Auguste Rodin

  Names, Should, Worthy

  Auguste Rodin (2012). “Rodin on Art and Artists”, p.80, Courier Corporation

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• Yoga is an art, a science and a philosophy. It touches the life of man at every level, physical, mental, and spiritual. It is a practical method for making one's life purposeful, useful and noble.

  B.K.S. Iyengar

  Spiritual, Philosophy, Yoga

  "Light on the Yoga Sūtras of Patañjala : Patañjala Yoga Pradīpikā".

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• Two forces are succesfully influencing the education of a cultivated man: art and science. Both are united in the book.

  Maxim Gorky

  Book, Men, Two

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• Art, to me is the interpretation of the impression which nature makes upon the eye and brain. The word 'Impressionism' as applied to art has been abused, and in the general acceptance of the term has become perverted. [...] The true impressionism is realism. So many people do not observe. They take the ready-made axioms laid down by others, and walk blindly in a rut without trying to see for themselves.

  Childe Hassam

  Eye, Acceptance, People

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• Art should never be sociological; it has got to be timeless. It's got to be your vision and how you can represent the world you see.

  Vivienne Westwood

  Vision, World, Timeless

  "The Only Punk Left: Vivienne Westwood". Interview with Kathryn Flett, slide 1, www.harpersbazaar.com. February 05, 2013.

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• We have lost the art of sharing and caring.

  Hun Sen

  Caring, Lost, Sharing And Caring

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• Art is what we're doing when we do our best work.

  Seth Godin

  Greatness, Best Work, Art Is

  Seth Godin (2013). “Whatcha Gonna Do With That Duck?: And Other Provocations, 2006-2012”, p.208, Penguin UK

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• Dance is low on the totem pole of the arts, because you're not left with a painting... a book that will stay there, a score you can read.

  Jerome Robbins

  Book, Dancing, Totems

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• Your life is the manifestation of your dream; it is an art. You can change your life anytime if you aren't enjoying the dream.

  Miguel Angel Ruiz

  Dream, Wisdom, Four Agreements

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• Life is art. Art is life. I never separate it. I don’t feel that much anger. I equally have a lot of joy.

  Ai Weiwei

  Joy, Life Is, Feels

  "'Shame on Me'". SPIEGEL Interview, www.spiegel.de. November 24, 2011.

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• Art should make you think and feel. It doesn't have to match your couch.

  damali ayo

  Thinking, Make You Think, Should

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The power of art is that it can connect us to one another, and to larger truths about what it means to be alive and what it means to be human.

  Daniel Levitin

  Mean, Alive, Humans

  Daniel J. Levitin (2011). “This Is Your Brain On Music: Understanding a Human Obsession”, p.244, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• If we understood the enigmas of life there would be no need for art.

  Albert Camus

  Would Be, Needs, Enigma

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• An artist cannot deny art, nor would he want to. A lover cannot deny love.

  Raymond Chandler

  Want, Lovers, Deny

  Raymond Chandler, Dorothy Gardiner, Kathrine Sorley Walker (1977). “Raymond Chandler Speaking”, p.95, Univ of California Press

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• Any action can be practiced as an art, as a craft, or as drudgery.

  Stephen Nachmanovitch

  Crafts, Action, Drudgery

  Stephen Nachmanovitch (1991). “Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art”, p.10, Penguin

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• Art is either a plagiarist or a revolutionist.

  Paul Gauguin

  Philosophy, History, Art Is

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• I feel like when I fight it's an art, and Art isn't supposed to be 'nice', it isn't supposed to be liked. It's supposed to make you feel something.

  Ronda Rousey

  Nice, Fighting, Feels

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• Wisdom is the art of living skillfully in whatever actual conditions we find ourselves.

  Eugene H. Peterson

  Art Of Living, Conditions

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• If you worry about how good the art is, you're never going to make your own art.

  Eric Fischl

  Worry, Art Is, Ifs

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• Simplify, slow down, be kind. And don't forget to have art in your life - music, paintings, theater, dance, and sunsets.

  Eric Carle

  Life, Sunset, Be Kind

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• Art is form struggling to wake from the nightmare of nature.

  Camille

  Struggle, Nightmare, Form

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• The art of drawing which is of more real importance to the human race than that of writing...should be taught to every child just as writing is.

  John Ruskin

  Children, Real, Writing

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• Whatever else art is good for, its chief effectiveness lies in propagating more art.

  Leo Steinberg

  Lying, Effectiveness, Chiefs

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• Science studies the relations of things to each other: but art studies only their relations to man.

  John Ruskin

  Science, Men, Study

  John Ruskin (1853). “The Stones of Venice: The fall”, p.36

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• There are ways in which art can have a longer reach than politics.

  Ian Mcewan

  Israel, Way

  "Ian McEwan defends decision to accept Jerusalem prize" by Stephen Bates, www.theguardian.com. January 25, 2011.

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