The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.
The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web.
The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.
Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.
The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.
Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad.
Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.
Drawing is the honesty of the art.
If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.
My goal, if I was going to do art, fine art, would have been to become Picasso or greater.
Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art. Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.
Land really is the best art.
The best art is about individualism, free self-expression and realising a unique, imaginative perspective- A true artist takes no notice whatever of the public. The public are to him non-existent.
The best art always comes unbidden.
If I'm doing my job correctly, I'm presenting a scenario for you as the reader to engage with on your own. I mean that's what the best art is supposed to do.
Seventh-Gay Adventists isn't just a helpful movie, important for the way it can help congregations of any denomination deal graciously and truthfully with the issue of homosexuality. It's also a beautifully-filmed and artfully-conceived movie. It does what the best art does - it 'humanizes the other.' You should see it, and when you do, you'll encourage others to see it as well.
My theory is that nine times out of ten, if there's a depression, more a social depression than anything, it brings out the best art in black people. The best example is, Reagan and Bush gave us the best years of hiphop.
Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.
The arts have long been an integral and vibrant part of our nation's cultural heritage. In its many forms, art enables us to gain a deeper understanding of ourselves and of our society. Providing us with a unique way to learn about people of other cultures, it allows us to discover all that we have in common. At its best, art can beautify our cities, encourage economic development and social change, and profoundly affect the ways we live our lives.
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