Art and Creativity Quotes

"Art is not a thing; it is a way."

"Art has to move you and design does not, unless it's a good design for a bus."

"Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos."

"Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of art."

"To send light into the darkness of men's hearts - such is the duty of the artist."

"Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one."

"My position is that serious and good art has always existed to help, to serve, humanity. Not to indict. I don't see how art can be called art if its purpose is to frustrate humanity."

"Sleeping is no mean art: for its sake one must stay awake all day."

"It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge."

"One eye sees, the other feels."

"I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don't need."

"A room hung with pictures is a room hung with thoughts."

"Diversity: the art of thinking independently together."

"In Art, man reveals himself and not his objects."

"I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination."

"Art does not reproduce what we see; rather, it makes us see."

"Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it."

"All art is erotic."

"It is a symbol of Irish art. The cracked looking-glass of a servant."

"One science only will one genius fit; so vast is art, so narrow human wit."

"For me, art is about learning and about living with people. It's alive."

"I think an artist's responsibility is more complex than people realize."

"But when I lived as a monk, solitude is often spoken of as a strength. And so the first thing I'd recommend is finding one thing that you can do every single day that brings you joy. It may be reading a book you love. It may be looking at a beautiful piece of art."

"There's design, and there's art. Good design is total harmony. There's no better designer than nature - if you look at a branch or a leaf, it's perfect. It's all function. Art is different. It's about emotion. It's about suffering and beauty - but mostly suffering!"

"The people who make art their business are mostly imposters."

"We can learn the art of fierce compassion - redefining strength, deconstructing isolation and renewing a sense of community, practicing letting go of rigid us-vs.-them thinking - while cultivating power and clarity in response to difficult situations."

"Art is man's constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to him."

"True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist."

"Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle."

"In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. In life may you proceed with balance and stealth."

"Many great works of art, poetry, and music are inspired by astral memories. The desire to do noble, beautiful things here on Earth is also often a carryover of astral experiences between a person's earth lives."

"What I try to do is the art of building, and the art of building is the art of construction; it is not only about forms and shapes and images."

"Great art is the contempt of a great man for small art."

"The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique."

"The art of being a slave is to rule one's master."

"To my mind the old masters are not art; their value is in their scarcity."

"Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock."

"I believe art is utterly important. It is one of the things that could save us."

"Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy."

"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

"Art is making something out of nothing and selling it."

"Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless."

"In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves."

"Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probability."

"Bullfighting is the only art in which the artist is in danger of death and in which the degree of brilliance in the performance is left to the fighter's honor."

"Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday."

"The true art of memory is the art of attention."

"Wherever the art of medicine is loved, there is also a love of humanity."

"Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival."

"The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing."