Quotes of: Von Keyword

Art is longing. You never arrive, but you keep going in the hope that you will.

Anselm Kiefer

The main thing in making art often is letting go of your expectation and your idea.

Agnes Martin

Homer has taught all other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.

Aristotle

Art is a reality, not a definition; inasmuch as it approaches a reality, it approaches perfection, and inasmuch as it approaches a mere definition, it is imperfect and untrue.

Benjamin Haydon

And I have exposed myself to art so that my work has something beyond just the usual potter.

Beatrice Wood

The forms of art are inexhaustible; but all lead by the same road of aesthetic emotion to the same world of aesthetic ecstasy.

Clive Bell

I always feel like the art's there and I just see it, so it's not really a lot of work.

Damien Hirst

The difference between art about death and actual death is that one's a celebration and the other's a dull fact.

Damien Hirst

When it came to my art, I went my own way and did not follow the trends.

Frank Frazetta

I like the idea of multidisciplinary conversations, so in that spirit, I try and make a contribution from the art world into the music world.

Fred Tomaselli

Good art in general aspires to something, as a good painting aspires to something, almost spiritual or holy.

Gerhard Richter

In the place where I was a child, there were no artists and there was no art, so I really didn't know what that meant.

Jasper Johns

I believe that any art communicates what you're in the mood to receive.

Larry Rivers

Art to me is an anecdote of the spirit, and the only means of making concrete the purpose of its varied quickness and stillness.

Mark Rothko

While I recognize the necessity for a basis of observed reality... true art lies in a reality that is felt.

Odilon Redon

Critics have a job to do. I understand that. It's not just to criticize. They're trying to interpret art for the public.

Paul Emsley

When looking at any significant work of art, remember that a more significant one probably has had to be sacrificed.

Paul Klee

We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth, at least the truth that is given to us to understand.

Pablo Picasso

Making art has never been a mystery to me. It's never been something that's very difficult.

Richard Prince

I am inspired by life, past experiences, what's to come, women around me, art, colors, paintings, and emotions.

Rachel Roy

Most of the appearance of mirth in the world is not mirth, it is art. The wounded spirit is not seen, but walks under a disguise.

Robert South