Art Quotes

The person who knows one thing and does it better than anyone else, even if it only be the art of raising lentils, receives the crown he merits. If he raises all his energy to that end, he is a benefactor of mankind and its rewarded as such.

Og Mandino

Nature is the most beautiful thing we have. It's better than art because it's from the creator.

Olivia Newton-John

Surprise is key in all art.

Oscar Niemeyer

Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers... What we call art is a game.

Octavio Paz

What distinguishes modern art from the art of other ages is criticism.

Octavio Paz

It is my first preference to do films with social significance. Art cinema has given me credibility and status as an actor, but commercial cinema has given me a comfortable living.

Om Puri

I strongly believe that the art of the novel works best when the writer identifies with whoever he or she is writing about. Novels in the end are based on the human capacity, compassion, and I can show more compassion to my characters if I write in a...

Orhan Pamuk

If a writer is to tell his own story - tell it slowly, and as if it were a story about other people - if he is to feel the power of the story rise up inside him, if he is to sit down at a table and patiently give himself over to this art - this craft...

Orhan Pamuk

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

Odilon Redon

Art is the way people see things, and I think it's great when individuals can find in fashion something they truly believe is artistic.

Olivier Theyskens

Art lies by its own artifice.

Ovid

The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.

Orson Welles

I have made an art form of the interview. The French are the best interviewers, despite their addiction to the triad, like all Cartesians.

Orson Welles
Art quotes by Oscar Wilde, Great quotes by Oscar Wilde, UberQuotes

No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.

Oscar Wilde

It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.

Oscar Wilde

It is only an auctioneer who can equally and impartially admire all schools of art.

Oscar Wilde

A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament.

Oscar Wilde

The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.

Oscar Wilde

What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do, is to revive the old art of Lying.

Oscar Wilde

Your talent is your art. It is not to be taken for granted.

Paula Abdul

Some like to think that a keen appreciation of art can actually make us better people - more just, more moral, more sensitive, more understanding. Perhaps that is true - in certain rare, isolated cases.

Paul Auster