Quotes about art
art literature imitating-others
Who would dare assign to art the sterile function of imitating nature? Charles Baudelaire
art criticism born
It is from the womb of art that criticism was born. Charles Baudelaire
art fleeting half
Modernity is the transient, the fleeting, the contingent; it is one half of art, the other being the eternal and the immovable. Charles Baudelaire
artist technique methodology
As for techniques and processes, as seen in the works themselves, neither public nor artists will find anything about them here. Those things are learned in the studio and the public is interested only in the results. Charles Baudelaire
art thinking people
In art, there is one thing which does not receive sufficient attention. The element which is left to the human will is not nearly so large as people think. Charles Baudelaire
art men spirit
The more a man cultivates the arts the less he fornicates. A more and more apparent cleavage occurs between the spirit and the brute. Charles Baudelaire
art blessed suffering
Blessed art Thou, Lord, who giveth suffering As a divine remedy for our impurities. Charles Baudelaire
art real philosophy
There can be no progress-real, moral prgress-except in the individual and by the individual himself. Charles Baudelaire
art results identical
...an industry which can furnish results identical to nature must be the absolute in art. Charles Baudelaire
artist photographer copiers
Photographers, you will never become artists. All you are is mere copiers. Charles Baudelaire
art crime should
A work of art should be like a well-planned crime. Charles Baudelaire
art men order
In order for the artist to have a world to express he must first be situated in this world, oppressed or oppressing, resigned or rebellious, a man among men. Charles Baudelaire
art passion art-is
A frenzied passion for art is a canker that devours everything else. Charles Baudelaire
art elements half
Modernity is the transitory, the fugitive, the contingent, which make up one half of art, the other being the eternal and the immutable. This transitory fugitive element, which is constantly changing, must not be despised or neglected. Charles Baudelaire
artist pleasure deformity
An artist is an artist only because of his exquisite sense of beauty, a sense which shows him intoxicating pleasures, but which at the same time implies and contains an equally exquisite sense of all deformities and all disproportion. Charles Baudelaire
art destiny evil
Le mal se fait sans effort, naturellement, par fatalite ; le bien est toujours le produit d'un art. Evil is done without effort, naturally, it's destiny; good is always a product of art. Charles Baudelaire
art evil effort
Evil is committed without effort, naturally, fatally; goodness is always the product of some art. Charles Baudelaire
art mean color
To say the word Romanticism is to say modern art - that is, intimacy, spirituality, color, aspiration towards the infinite, expressed by every means available to the arts. Charles Baudelaire
art school program
I'd like to work on putting art programs back in schools. Chaka Khan
art expression media
Painted faces, sun burnt skin, fixed expressions, smiles worn thin. Chaka Khan
art vision form
Art is a person's private vision expressed in aesthetic forms. Chaim Potok
art evil good-art
I do not know what evil is when it comes to art. I only know what is good art and what is bad art. Chaim Potok
artist firsts individual
... an artist is a person first. He is an individual. If there is no person, there is no artist. Chaim Potok
art eye world
Art begins . . . when someone interprets, when someone sees the world through his own eyes. Art happens when what is seen becomes mixed with the inside of the person who is seeing it. Chaim Potok
art special way
Art is whether or not there is a scream in him wanting to get out in a special way. Chaim Potok
artist favorite-artist my-favorite
Jeremih has been my favorite artist to collab with. Chance The Rapper
artist video world
My favorite artist in the world is Michael Jackson, and he revolutionized the music video aspect of music. Chance The Rapper
artist hands cds
I don't really have control over my direct impression on people anymore. I used to be the person putting my CD in people's hands. But I'm kind of a mainstream artist now. Not by choice. Chance The Rapper
art thinking personality
I'm interested in art, and I think about the process of making art. It's part of my personality, my experience of the world, so it ends up in the movies. It's where my head is. Charlie Kaufman
art thinking creative
It occurred to me that every work of art is a synecdoche, there's no way around it. Every creative work that someone does can only represent an aspect of the whole of something. I can't think of an exception to that. Charlie Kaufman
artist giving people
The only honest and generous thing for me to do is to give people myself. That's all I've got as an artist, so I want to do that in an unflinching way. Charlie Kaufman
art thinking views
I think liberal art faculties at major universities have views that are not very sound, at least on public policy issues - they may know a lot of French however. Charlie Munger
art decision attention
A love of classical music is only partially a natural response to hearing the works performed, it also must come about by a decision to listen carefully, to pay close attention, a decision inevitably motivated by the cultural and social prestige of the art. Charles Rosen