Art Quotes

Collection of phrases and quotes about art.

Michel de Montaigne

Michel de Montaigne

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Beauty is a great recommendation in human commerce, and there is no one so barbarous or rude that does not feel hurt by its sweetness.

Victor Montenegro

Victor Montenegro

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Men pass away, memories remain, as do the works of those who do something.

Montesquieu

Montesquieu

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The talented man is naturally inclined to criticism, because he sees more things than other men and sees them better.

Laura Morante

Laura Morante

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They tell me I'm not a woman of this century, because I like slow reading, and I insist that heavy books are the frivolous ones.

Haruki Murakami

Haruki Murakami

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At times, music has the power to revive memories with such intensity that it even hurts the heart.

Alfred de Musset

Alfred de Musset

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Imagination sometimes opens wings as large as the sky in a prison as large as the hand.

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Alfred de Musset

Alfred de Musset

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A beautiful face has more power to compel and accomplish than an armed man.

Alfred de Musset

Alfred de Musset

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Only the beautiful is true, nothing is true without beauty.

José Ortega y Gasset

José Ortega y Gasset

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The beauty that attracts rarely coincides with the beauty that captivates.

José Ortega y Gasset

José Ortega y Gasset

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For the writer, there is a matter of intellectual honor in not writing anything subject to proof without first possessing it.

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José Ortega y Gasset

José Ortega y Gasset

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Technique is the effort to save effort.

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