Art Quotes

Collection of phrases and quotes about art.

Woody Allen

Woody Allen

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My way of joking is to tell the truth. It's the funniest joke.

Woody Allen

Woody Allen

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A successful movie is one that manages to carry out an original idea.

Woody Allen

Woody Allen

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The artist's job is not to succumb to despair, but to find an antidote for the emptiness of existence.

Pedro Almodovar

Pedro Almodovar

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Being a film director in Spain is like being a bullfighter in Japan.

Henry F. Amiel

Henry F. Amiel

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The criticism turned into a system is the denial of knowledge and the true estimation of things.

Henry F. Amiel

Henry F. Amiel

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The beautiful is superior to the sublime, because it is permanent and does not satiate, while the sublime is relative, fleeting, and violent.

Anonymous

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The masterpieces of art have the rich as spouses, but the poor as lovers.

Anonymous

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He who writes on a child's soul writes for eternity.

Anonymous

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Nothing sounds as strident to the author's ears as the silence of criticism.

Jean Anouilh

Jean Anouilh

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With a little imagination, you can easily live your whole life in an afternoon.