Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" The worse my drawings were, the more beautiful did the originals appear. "

John James Audubon

Related Quotes:

" To injure an opponent is to injure yourself. To control aggression without inflicting injury is the Art of Peace. "

Morihei Ueshiba

" How can anybody learn anything from an artwork when the piece of art only reflects the vanity of the artist and not reality? "

" Art has a double face, of expression and illusion, just like science has a double face: the reality of error and the phantom of truth. "

Publilius Syrus

" Women are our most miraculous muse, an enchanted intangibility that encourages all art. "

" Disco deserved a better name, a beautiful name because it was a beautiful art form. It made the consumer beautiful. The consumer was the star. "

" Would it be possible that I should not in any degree succeed? I can scarcely think so. Ah delusive hope, how much further wilt thou lead me? "

John James Audubon

" To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event. "

Henri Cartier-Bresson

" I really believe there are things nobody would see if I didn't photograph them. "

" Japanese people accept that art and commerce will be blended; and, in fact, they are surprised by the rigid and pretentious Western hierarchy of 'high art.' "

Takashi Murakami

" Art is a critical component in a well-rounded education. Art is the level playing field - no matter how rich or poor, tall or short, pretty or ugly to the bone, if you can draw, you can find personal fulfillment and build self-confidence. Art is the highest achievement of mankind. "

" With an apple I will astonish Paris. "

" Great men show politeness in a particular way; a smile suffices to assure you that you are welcome, and keep about their avocations as if you were a member of the family. "

John James Audubon

" To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them. "

" I rarely draw what I see. I draw what I feel in my body. "

Barbara Hepworth

" The art of a people is a true mirror to their minds. "

Jawaharlal Nehru

" When I started Dylan's Candy Bar in 2001, I wanted it to be a place that merged my love of pop culture, fashion, art and music with candy. Since then, we have been fortunate to pioneer artistic partnerships with many legends. "

" Copy, art, and typography should be seen as a living entity; each element integrally related, in harmony with the whole, and essential to the execution of an idea. "

" When I make art, I think about its ability to connect with others, to bring them into the process. "

" Art is not supposed to change the world, to change practical things, but to change perceptions. Art can change the way we see the world. Art can create an analogy. "

" Every human is an artist. And this is the main art that we have: the creation of our story. "

Don Miguel Ruiz

" Even a true artist does not always produce art. "

Carroll O'Connor

" 'Crazy' is a term of art; 'Insane' is a term of law. Remember that, and you will save yourself a lot of trouble. "

Hunter S. Thompson

" Visual art and writing don't exist on an aesthetic hierarchy that positions one above the other, because each is capable of things the other can't do at all. Sometimes one picture is equal to 30 pages of discourse, just as there are things images are completely incapable of communicating. "

William S. Burroughs

" Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame. "

Gilbert K. Chesterton

" Art is too serious to be taken seriously. "

" I believe art is a connection, like passing on a flame. "

" Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures. "

Henry Ward Beecher

" Paint the essential character of things. "

Camille Pissarro

" Writing stopped being fun when I discovered the difference between good writing and bad and, even more terrifying, the difference between it and true art. And after that, the whip came down. "

" Most good art is left wing. It's a moot point whether there is any good right-wing art. "