14,373 Quotes About Art

Creativity is an act of defiance.

All artists are willing to suffer for their work. But why are so few prepared to learn to draw?

Art is a kind of innate drive that seizes a human being and makes him its instrument. To perform this difficult office it is sometimes necessary for him to sacrifice happiness and everything that makes life worth living for the ordinary human being.

In the haunted house of life, art is the only stair that doesn't creak.

Don't think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it's good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art.

In a world of disorder and disaster and fraud, sometimes only beauty can be trusted. Only artistic excellence is incorruptible. Pleasure cannot be bargained down. And sometimes the meal is the only currency that is real.

Speak against unconscious oppression,Speak against the tyranny of the unimaginative,Speak against bonds.

The art is not one of forgetting but letting go. And when everything else is gone, you can be rich in loss.

Talent is cheap; dedication is expensive. It will cost you your life.