Inspiration in Science may have to do with ideas, but not in Art. In art it is in the senses that are instinctively responsive to the medium of expression. Use this quote
The problem is that once the rules of art are debunked, and once the unpleasant realities the irony diagnoses are revealed and diagnosed, "then" what do we do? Use this quote
You are welcome to your intellectual pastimes and books and art and newspapers; welcome, too, to your bars and your whisky that only makes me ill. Here am I in the forest, quite content. Use this quote
Every human is an artist. The dream of your life is to make beautiful art. Use this quote
All art is autobiographical. The pearl is the oyster's autobiography. Use this quote
These days, newish art can be priced between $10,000 and $25,000. When I tell artists that a new painting by a newish artist should go for around $1,200, they look at me like I'm a flesh-eating virus. Use this quote
A sculptor is a person who is interested in the shape of things, a poet in words, a musician by sounds. Use this quote
It's art that pushes against psychological and social expectations, that tries to transform decay into something generative, that is replicative in a baroque way, that isn't about progress, and wants to - as Walt Whitman put it - 'contain multitudes.' Use this quote
It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. Use this quote
A rose is the visible result of an infinitude of complicated goings on in the bosom of the earth and in the air above, and similarly a work of art is the product of strange activities in the human mind. Use this quote
A Bachelor of Arts is one who makes love to a lot of women, and yet has the art to remain a bachelor. Use this quote
An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture. Use this quote
The web, then, or the pattern, a web at once sensuous and logical, an elegant and pregnant texture: that is style, that is the foundation of the art of literature. Use this quote
Medicine is not only a science; it is also an art. It does not consist of compounding pills and plasters; it deals with the very processes of life, which must be understood before they may be guided. Use this quote
Outside museums, in noisy public squares, people look at people. Inside museums, we leave that realm and enter what might be called the group-mind, getting quiet to look at art. Use this quote
I have never denied my background or my culture. I have taught my child to embrace her Mexican heritage, to love my first language, Spanish, to learn about Mexican history, music, folk art, food, and even the Mexican candy I grew up with. Use this quote
Art is the stored honey of the human soul, gathered on wings of misery and travail. Use this quote
The style of ancient Egyptian art is transcendently clear, something 8-year-olds can recognize in an instant. Its consistency and codification is one of the most epic visual journeys in all art, one that lasts 30 dynasties spread over 3,000 years. Use this quote
Venice is the perfect place for a phase of art to die. No other city on earth embraces entropy quite like this magical floating mall. Use this quote
Art can help a town by attracting a certain Bohemian population that adds life to the bars, character to the streets and a buzz to the name. Employers may then follow. But art can't do much if every town does it. There aren't enough Bohemians. Use this quote
