Art Quotes

Let each man exercise the art he knows.

Geometry is to the plastic arts what grammar is to the art of the writer.

What is Art, monsieur, but Nature concentrated?

Music is the art of sounds in the movement of time.

The works of art, by being publicly exhibited and offered for sale, are becoming articles of trade, following as such the unreasoning laws of markets and fashion; and public and even private patronage is swayed by their tyrannical influence.

Chess for me is not a game, but an art. Yes, and I take upon myself all those responsibilities which an art imposes on its adherents.

To know that is Wisdom. To use it is the Art.

What is art but a way of seeing?

Chess is the art of analysis.

Art hurts. Art urges voyages and it is easier to stay at home.

.. art and life are no longer separate domains.. ..The word art no longer has anything to say to us. In place of that, we (= De Stijl) insist upon the construction of our surroundings according to creative laws, deriving from a fixed principle.

..art lies in the fine choice. The artist does not teach us to see facts: he teaches us to feel harmonies.

Nature is inside art as its content, not outside as its model.

Every artist was first an amateur.