Art Quotes

Collection of phrases and quotes about art.

Nothing possible is beautiful, only the real is beautiful.

There is nothing more dangerous than an idea when you only have one.

Samuel Alexander

Samuel Alexander

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Philosophy can be described as the experimental or empirical study, and the relationships that derive from the empirical with the 'a priori'.

Gaston Bachelard

Gaston Bachelard

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The poet's first task is to unmoor within us a substance that wants to dream.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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I have preferred to study books rather than men.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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Beauty is like summer fruit: easy to corrupt and short-lived.

Jaime Luciano Balmes

Jaime Luciano Balmes

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The act of reading is like food; the benefit is not in proportion to what is consumed, but to what is digested.

Jaime Luciano Balmes

Jaime Luciano Balmes

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One should read a lot, but not many books; this is an excellent rule.

Honoré de Balzac

Honoré de Balzac

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Art is born in the brain, not in the heart.

Pío Baroja

Pío Baroja

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Reinforced concrete is an honest and useful muse, and perhaps in the hands of a brilliant architect it would be admirable; but when it gets out of control and feels bold, like a cook turned cabaret singer, it commits such horrors that it should be restrained and taken to jail.

Pío Baroja

Pío Baroja

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It seemed so beautiful to me that I couldn't remember how it looked afterwards.

Pío Baroja

Pío Baroja

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Literature cannot reflect all the darkness of life. The main reason is that literature chooses, and life does not.