14,373 Quotes About Art

Self-consciousness is the enemy of all art, be it acting, writing, painting, or living itself, which is the greatest art of all.

It is quite possible--overwhelmingly probable, one might guess--that we will always learn more about human life and personality from novels than from scientific psychology

The object of the artist is the creation of the beautiful. What the beautiful is is another question.

It is hard work and great art to make life not so serious.

Art is making something out of nothing, and selling it.

The writer's curse is that even in solitude, no matter its duration, he never grows lonely or bored.

An artist is somebody who produces things that people don't need to have.

Writing fiction is the act of weaving a series of lies to arrive at a greater truth.

I would like to paint the way a bird sings.