Art Quotes

Value of each man depends upon the art and skill which he has attained.
Ali bin Abu-Talib



Let each man exercise the art he knows.
Aristophanes



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



What is Art, monsieur, but Nature concentrated?
Honor de Balzac



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.
Albert, Prince Consort



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.
Alexander Alexandrovich Alekhine



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



What is art but a way of seeing?
Saul Bellow



Chess is the art of analysis.
Mikhail Botvinnik



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



Necessity is stronger far than art.
Aeschylus



This art is worth more than ten thousand staters, that one should choose the worse cause, and nevertheless be victorious.
Aristophanes



People can't put on an opera, but they can write a poem. It's accessible art.
Simon Armitage



Since I came here I have learned that Chester A. Arthur is one man and the President of the United States is another.
Chester A. Arthur



He felt that there is a loose balance of good and evil, and that the art of living consists in getting the greatest good out of the greatest evil.
Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis