148 Best Art Quotes

The painter has the Universe in his mind and hands. – Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci Art painting Power Creativity
It took me like three hours to finish the shading on your upper lip. – Napoleon
Napoleon Dynamite Art Effort Humor
This is pretty much the worst video ever made. – Deb
Napoleon Dynamite Art critique Humor
I'm pretty much obsessed with it. – Deb
Napoleon Dynamite Passion Art Humor
Technology is cool. – Deb
Napoleon Dynamite Technology Art Humor
This is my art, and it is dangerous! – Delia Deetz
Beetlejuice Art pretension Humor
I'm feeling a little anxious. A little, I don't know, unappreciated. – Delia Deetz
Beetlejuice Art Ego Humor
I'm not going to say I'm sorry. My art is what keeps me sane. – Delia Deetz
Beetlejuice Art justification self-importance
Art is like a mirror. It shows us who we are. – V
V for Vendetta Art identity Society Truth
You know, I'm a writer. I use words for a living. I'm the master of my own domain, and "fine" just doesn't cut it. – Hank Moody
Californication Writing Communication Art dissatisfaction
You can’t polish a turd. But you can roll it in glitter. – Hank Moody
Californication Writing Art Cynicism Humor
I'm a writer. I give the truth scope. – Hank Moody
Californication Writing Truth Art justification
The Isenheim Altarpiece depicts a saint being torn apart for his faith. The flesh is being ripped from his body. And he's looking up at God, not in anger, but in gratitude. – J. Robert Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer sacrifice Faith Suffering Art
The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame. – Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde books Morality Art Censorship
There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all. – Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde Art Morality Criticism Aesthetics
I am seeking, I am striving, I am in it with all my heart. – Vincent Van Gogh
Vincent Van Gogh Art Dedication Struggle Passion
I dream of painting and then I paint my dream. – Vincent Van Gogh
Vincent Van Gogh Art Dreams Imagination Creation
If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced. – Vincent Van Gogh
Vincent Van Gogh Doubt Perseverance Art Self-Belief
Great things are done by a series of small things brought together. – Vincent Van Gogh
Vincent Van Gogh Art Process Patience composition
I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process. – Vincent Van Gogh
Vincent Van Gogh Art Dedication Passion madness
There is no blue without yellow and without orange. – Vincent Van Gogh
Vincent Van Gogh Art color interdependence Perception
It is not the language of painters but the language of nature which one should listen to… The feeling for the things themselves, for reality, is more important than the feeling for pictures. – Vincent Van Gogh
Vincent Van Gogh Nature Art Reality Inspiration
The more I think about it, the more I realize there is nothing more artistic than to love others. – Vincent Van Gogh
Vincent Van Gogh Art Love Humanity Connection
I see drawings and pictures in the poorest of huts and the dirtiest of corners. – Vincent Van Gogh
Vincent Van Gogh Art Beauty Perception finding inspiration
I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. – Vincent Van Gogh
Vincent Van Gogh Learning Growth Art Perseverance
There is nothing in the world that is as interesting as people, and one can never study them enough. – Vincent Van Gogh
Vincent Van Gogh Humanity study interest Art
In spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will go on with my drawing. – Vincent Van Gogh
Vincent Van Gogh Resilience Art Perseverance Hope
Paintings have a life of their own that derives from the painter's soul. – Vincent Van Gogh
Vincent Van Gogh Art Soul Creation Essence
I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people. – Vincent Van Gogh
Vincent Van Gogh Art Love people Humanity
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. – Aristotle
Aristotle Art Representation Essence Meaning
If it can be written, or thought, it can be filmed. – Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick Art Cinema Possibility Creativity Imagination
A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. – Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick film Art Emotion Music Experience
You cannot make a movie without a very good script. The script is the foundation of the film. – Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick Screenwriting film Foundation Art Process
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. – Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick Mystery Beauty Art Science Wonder
I have always enjoyed dealing with a slightly surrealistic situation and presenting it in a realistic manner. – Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick Surrealism Reality Art Technique Perspective
The screen is a magic medium. It has such power that it can retain interest as it conveys emotions and moods that no other art form can hope to tackle. – Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick film Power Emotion Art Magic
The most perfect world is the one that doesn't exist. That's the one we're trying to get to. – Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick Idealism Perfection Reality Art Aspiration
How could we possibly appreciate the Mona Lisa if Leonardo had written at the bottom of the canvas: 'The lady is smiling because she is hiding a secret from her lover'? This would shackle the viewer to reality, and I don't want this to happen to my films. – Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick Interpretation Art Ambiguity audience Meaning
The most overrated quality in filmmaking is originality. – Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick Originality filmmaking Art Convention Execution
All you can do is fantasize that you're going to do the most incredible movie anyone has ever seen, and then you try to make it. – Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick Ambition Aspiration Art filmmaking Dreams
The most personal is the most creative. – Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese Creativity Art Personal Expression Authenticity
Cinema is a matter of what's in the frame and what's out. – Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese Cinema composition Focus Art Technique
I'm for anything that subverts what the Hollywood narrative has become. – Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese Rebellion Hollywood Narrative Convention Art
The more you know about the history of what you're doing, the more freedom you have. – Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese History Knowledge Freedom Art context
You have to make the film you need to make. – Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese Integrity Vision necessity Art Authenticity
The problem now is that it's being taken away from us. The art of cinema is being systematically devalued, sidelined, and reduced. – Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese Cinema Art Devaluation concern industry
Style is just the outside of content, and content the inside of style, like the outside and inside of the human body. Both go together, they can't be separated. – Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese style Content Unity Art Form
I steal from every single movie ever made. – Quentin Tarantino
Quentin Tarantino Inspiration Creativity Homage theft Art
I love movies. You love movies. This is not a business transaction. This is a love transaction. – Quentin Tarantino
Quentin Tarantino Love Passion Cinema Connection Art
I always say you should do a movie like it's the last movie you're ever going to do, and the last movie anybody's ever going to see. – Quentin Tarantino
Quentin Tarantino Passion Intensity Legacy Art Commitment
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