Art Quotes
As a man, you know who is right and who is wrong; you have to judge. As a writer, you should not judge, you should understand.
Life has been your art. You have set yourself to music. Your days are your sonnets.
Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates life.
If we, citizens, do not support our artists, then we sacrifice our imagination on the altar of crude reality and we end up believing in nothing and having worthless dreams.
Music embodies feeling without forcing it - as it is forced in its other manifestations, in most arts and especially in the art of words - to contend and combine with thought.
Real art is one of the most powerful forces in the rise of mankind, and he who renders it accessible to as many people as possible is a benefactor of humanity.
In art there are only fast or slow developments. Essentially it is a matter of evolution, not revolution.
The artist is the creator of beautiful things. To reveal art and conceal the artist is art`s aim.
All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril. Those who read the symbol do so at their peril.