Art Quotes

Collection of phrases and quotes about art.

Paul Valéry

Paul Valéry

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Works of art are not finished, they are abandoned.

Voltaire

Voltaire

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It must be known that there is no country on earth where love has not turned lovers into poets.

Voltaire

Voltaire

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The desire to please is to the spirit what adornment is to beauty.

Herbert Von Karajan

Herbert Von Karajan

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The art of conducting consists of knowing when to drop the baton so as not to bother the orchestra.

Otto Wagner

Otto Wagner

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Art, instead of declining, must conquer the sphere of technology.

Robert Penn Warren

Robert Penn Warren

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Ultimately, a poem is not something that is seen, but the light that allows us to see. And what we see is life.

Carl Maria von Weber

Carl Maria von Weber

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Music is the true universal language.

Orson Welles

Orson Welles

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It is impossible to make a good film without a camera that is like an eye in the heart of a poet.

Orson Welles

Orson Welles

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The worst part is when you finish a chapter and the typewriter doesn't applaud.

Orson Welles

Orson Welles

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The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.

Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa

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Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.