Quotes about art
art voice acting
Acting is the art of speaking in a loud, clear voice and the avoidance of bumping into the furniture. Alfred Lunt
art technology medicine
Art changes all the time, but it never "improves." It may go down, or up, but it never improves as technology and medicine improve. Alfred Kazin
art sex class
I had to admit that in his old-fashioned way O'Hara was still romantic about sex; like Scott Fitzgerald, he thought of it as an upper-class prerogative. Alfred Kazin
art two monsters
Art alone develops weaklings, science alone, monsters. Somewhere, somehow, we must combine the two. Alfred Kinsey
art crocodiles art-is
The work of art is a stuffed crocodile. Alfred Jarry
art husband wife
As the husband is the wife is; thou art mated with a clown, As the grossness of his nature will have weight to drag thee down. Alfred Lord Tennyson
art dark two
So I find every pleasant spot In which we two were wont to meet, The field, the chamber, and the street, For all is dark where thou art not Alfred Lord Tennyson
art littles lord
Our little systems have their day; They have their day and cease to be… And thou, O Lord, art more than they. Alfred Lord Tennyson
art voice misery
A still small voice spake unto me, 'Thou art so full of misery, Were it not better not to be? Alfred Lord Tennyson
artistic remove creativeness
We shall have to remove everything that strangles artistic and scientific creativeness. Alexander Dubcek
art mind fingers
My fingers always seem busier than my mind. Alexander Calder
artist two fit
When an artist explains what he is doing, he usually has to do one of two things: either scrap what he has explained, or make his work fit in with the explanation. Alexander Calder
art movement form
My whole theory about art is the disparity that exists between form, masses and movement. Alexander Calder
art perfect would-be
Why must art be static? You look at an abstraction, sculptured or painted, an entirely exciting arrangement of planes, spheres, nuclei, entirely without meaning. It would be perfect but it is always still. The next step in sculpture is motion. Alexander Calder
art fun scrapbooking
Above all, art should be fun. Alexander Calder
art mean perfect
To an engineer, good enough means perfect. With an artist, there's no such thing as perfect. Alexander Calder
art moving people
To most people who look at a mobile, it's no more than a series of flat objects that move. To a few, though, it may be poetry. Alexander Calder
art color form
Just as one can compose colors, or forms, so one can compose motions. Alexander Calder
art action consequence
The art of politics is to separate actions from consequences Alexander Cockburn
art responsibility games
Chess for me is not a game, but an art. Yes, and I take upon myself all those responsibilities which an art imposes on its adherents. Alexander Alekhine
art games achievement
For success I consider three factors are necessary: firstly, an awareness of my own strengths and weaknesses; secondly, an accurate understanding of my opponent's strengths and weaknesses; thirdly, a higher aim than momentary satisfaction. I see this aim as being scientific and artistic achievements, which place the game of chess on a par with other arts. Alexander Alekhine
art chess appreciated
Chess, like other arts, must be practiced to be appreciated. Alexander Alekhine
art responsibility chess
I consider chess an art, and accept all those responsibilities which art places upon its devotees. Alexander Alekhine
art fate dust
Here halt, I pray you, make a little stay. O wayfarer, to read what I have writ, And know by my fate what thy fate shall be. What thou art now, so shall thou be. The world's delight I followed with a heart Unsatisfied: ashes am I, and dust. Alcuin
art statistics foundation
And since geometry is the right foundation of all painting, I have decided to teach its rudiments and principles to all youngsters eager for art. . . Albrecht Durer
art joy would-be
He that would be a painter must have a natural turn thereto. Love and delight therein are better of the Art of Painting than compulsion. Albrecht Durer
artist public-opinion overwhelmed
The artist is chosen by God to fulfill his commands and must never be overwhelmed by public opinion. Albrecht Durer
art mathematics logical
The new art must be based upon science - in particular, upon mathematics, as the most exact, logical, and graphically constructive of the sciences. Albrecht Durer
art men years
An artist of understanding and experience can show more of his great power and art in small things roughly and rudely done, than many another in a great work. A man may often draw something with his pen on a half sheet of paper in one day . . . . and it shall be fuller of art and better than another's great work whereon he hath spent a whole year's careful labor. Albrecht Durer
art simplicity form
As I grew older, I realized that it was much better to insist on the genuine forms of nature, for simplicity is the greatest adornment of art. Albrecht Durer
art simplicity simplicity-in-art
Simplicity is the greatest adornment of art. Albrecht Durer
art men evil
If a man devotes himself to art, much evil is avoided that happens otherwise if one is idle. Albrecht Durer
art stupid thinking
Some movies, I think, present ideas of the world that just don't help people with their lives. They just present things that are fleeting or stupid. So that's what I'm careful about - making sure I'm part of something that is saying something that I think is valuable in the world of people, not necessarily in the world of art. Alden Ehrenreich