Art Quotes

Collection of phrases and quotes about art.

Ana Diosdado

Ana Diosdado

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The true actors are the untamable breed that interprets the desires and ghosts of the collective unconscious.

Benjamin Disraeli

Benjamin Disraeli

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The author who speaks about his own books is worse than the mother who only talks about her children.

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John Dos Passos

John Dos Passos

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If there is a special hell for writers, it would inevitably be to contemplate their own works.

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Carlo Dossi

Carlo Dossi

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The best philosophical system of all is that of Jesus Christ: the system of benevolence.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Fyodor Dostoevsky

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It's difficult to judge beauty: beauty is an enigma.

Kirk Douglas

Kirk Douglas

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If I were offered to film my life in a movie, I would reject it.

Jean Dubuffet

Jean Dubuffet

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There is nothing more common than a passion for art.

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Jean Dubuffet

Jean Dubuffet

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When governments take on the task of protecting the arts, it is the end of everything.

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Marcel Duchamp

Marcel Duchamp

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There are millions of artists who create; only a few thousand are accepted or even discussed by the audience; and of those, even fewer still become consecrated by posterity.

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Marcel Duchamp

Marcel Duchamp

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Against all opinion, it's not the painters but the spectators who make the paintings.

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Alexandre Dumas (fils)

Alexandre Dumas (fils)

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The experience and philosophy that do not lead to indulgence and charity are two acquisitions that are not worth what they cost.