14,373 Quotes About Art

Art is bad when ‘you see the intent and get put off.’ (Goethe) In Tolstoy one is unaware of the intent, and sees only the thing itself. from the book, On Retranslating A Russian Classic Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

Artists are out of step with the world. Yet their works can give us a clearer picture of who we are.

When you think about new-born babies being killed in our own lifetime,' he said, 'all the efforts of culture seem worthless. What have people learned from all our Goethes and Bachs? To kill babies?

My hope for you is not only to learn skills through this collection of projects, but also that it brings you a little something more: happy vibes when you transform pieces of paper into impressive works of art for yourself or loved ones.

All dahlias are beautiful in their own way! I love them because they have the most perfect symmetry and come in a rainbow of color options.

They lived off each other's hypocrisy, fuelling a worthless market of trash.

I love to create vibrant, whimsical floral compositions that are either executed with one single hue or the opposite: a blend of multiple colors!

Nothing more inelegant and ineffective than an art conceived in another art's form.

Art doesn't owe anything to anyone.