“To speak of morals in art is to speak of legislature in sex. Art is the sex of the imagination.”
Quotes about art
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“I don't think about art when I'm working. I try to think about life.”
“No art can be noble which is incapable of expressing thought, and no art is capable of expressing thought which does not change.”
“Politics is the art of choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable.”
“Diplomacy: the art of restraining power.”
“Land really is the best art.”
“Criticism is the art of appraising others at one's own value.”
“It is in this power of saying everything, and yet saying nothing too plainly, that the perfection of art consists.”
“The art which we may call generally art of the wayside, as opposed to that which is the business of men's lives, is, in the best sense of the word, Grotesque.”
“Growing up going to Christian school and the concept that you're born a sinner and you don't really have a choice to change who you are has been hammered into my head and created the entire reason why I made art and made a band and made records called 'Antichrist Superstar.'”
“To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.”
“Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses.”
“I realised the bohemian life was not for me. I would look around at my friends, living like starving artists, and wonder, 'Where's the art?' They weren't doing anything. And there was so much interesting stuff to do, so much fun to be had... maybe I could even quit renting.”
“Patience is the art of hoping.”
“Religion and art spring from the same root and are close kin. Economics and art are strangers.”
“There is nothing in the world of art like the songs mother used to sing.”
“Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of art.”
“People who don't like me talk about it as though I'm trash because I have tattoos. I find that insane because it's 2008, not the 1950s. Tattoos aren't limited to sailors. It's a form of art I find beautiful. I love it.”
“Music happens to be an art form that transcends language.”
“Art is man's constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to him.”
“What is comedy? Comedy is the art of making people laugh without making them puke.”
“The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique.”
“Life is the art of being well deceived and in order that the deception may succeed it must be habitual and uninterrupted.”
“Men's magazines often feature pictures of naked ladies. Women's magazines also often feature pictures of naked ladies. This is because the female body is a beautiful work of art, while the male body is hairy and lumpy and should not be seen by the light of day.”