Art Quotes

Collection of phrases and quotes about art.

Aristotle

Aristotle

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Philosophy must be a special knowledge, of the first principles and the first causes.

Luis García Berlanga

Luis García Berlanga

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There are masterpieces that are so due to the monumental boredom they provoke.

Jean Jacques Rousseau

Jean Jacques Rousseau

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I have always believed that the good was nothing but the beautiful put into action.

Jean Paul Sartre

Jean Paul Sartre

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The world could exist very well without literature, and even better without man.

Stendhal

Stendhal

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We call beautiful that which is praised by the newspaper and which produces a lot of money.

Joseph Roux

Joseph Roux

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There are two kinds of great writers: those who think and those who make others think.

Pedro Ruiz

Pedro Ruiz

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The good thing about movies is that for two hours, the problems belong to others.

Salman Rushdie

Salman Rushdie

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All ideas, even sacred ones, must adapt to new realities.

Salman Rushdie

Salman Rushdie

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Language and imagination cannot be imprisoned.

John Ruskin

John Ruskin

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The knowledge of beauty is the true path and the first step towards the understanding of things that are good.

John Ruskin

John Ruskin

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The greatest artist is the one who, in the sum of their works, has incorporated the greatest number of their best ideas.

Igor Stravinsky

Igor Stravinsky

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It's not enough to just hear the music; you also have to see it.