Quotes of: Visual-arts Keyword

A work of art is a world in itself reflecting senses and emotions of the artist's world.

Hans Hofmann

Every art expression is rooted fundamentally in the personality and temperament of the artist.

Hans Hofmann

Throwing money at something doesn't really create - forgive me that onerous word - art.

Harold Prince

Telling lies is a fault in a boy, an art in a lover, an accomplishment in a bachelor, and second-nature in a married man.

Helen Rowland

It's often difficult for us to act compassionately, but sacred art eases the difficulty by ennobling us.

Huston Smith

Life is very nice, but it lacks form. It's the aim of art to give it some.

Jean Anouilh

I don't think about art when I'm working. I try to think about life.

Jean-Michel Basquiat

Acting is something I love to do. I love to perform and I love the art, the craft of it.

Jill Bennett

Effort and result are never simultaneous. In art, only the result counts.

Jose Bergamin

Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper.

Jean Cocteau

Emotion resulting from a work of art is only of value when it is not obtained by sentimental blackmail.

Jean Cocteau

Art is a liaison between some sort of deranged mentality and others who are not going through it.

John Chamberlain

Art is basically made by dissatisfied people who are willing to find some means to relieve the dissatisfaction.

John Chamberlain

Western art is built on the biographical passion of one artist for another.

Jim Dine

The most powerful part of the art is experiential, yet it's the hardest to describe because it's nonverbal.

Janet Echelman

The biggest problem with every art is by the use of appearance to create a loftier reality.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

And, consequently, the art of propaganda or public information becomes one of the most powerful forms of directive statesmanship.

John Grierson

What one person might see as violent, someone else may see as beautiful. Maybe even art.

Jon Glaser

I know there are some labels that put out music for art's sake, but I don't know which ones.

Josh Homme

Irresponsibility is part of the pleasure of all art; it is the part the schools cannot recognize.

James Joyce

As an artist, I've always wanted to participate in the dialogue of art with other artists.

Jeff Koons