14,373 Quotes About Art

Well, Daddy, I used to believe that artists went crazy in the process of creating the beautiful works of art that kept society sane. Nowadays, though, artists make intentionally ugly art that’s only supposed to reflect society rather than inspire it. So I guess we’re all loony together now, loony rats in the shithouse of commercialism.

If we make one criterion for defining the artist the impulse to make something new, or to do something in a new way - a kind of divine discontent with all that has gone before, however good - then we can find such artists at every level of human culture, even when performing acts of great simplicity.

I believe that Art speaks directly to the soul and represents a concrete way to move the human soul and that Art should somehow be able to effect us to make a world a better place.

Fueled by my inspiration, I ran across the room to steal the cup of coffee the bookshelf had taken prisoner. Lapping the black watery brew like a hyena, I tossed the empty cup aside. I then returned to the chair to continue my divine act of creation. Hot blood swished in my head as my mighty pen stole across the page.

Welcome to Planet Earth, find your existential avant-garde.

Possible reality [is obtained] by slightly bending physical and chemical laws.

Nobody, I mean nobody lives forever. Make it count. This is life. This is love.

every good artist paints what he is

Forests were the first temples of God and in forests men grasped their first idea of architecture.