“Reality may be very interesting, but a work of art must be a creation.”
Art quotes
157 art quotes, film quotes, movie lines, taglines-
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“Is photography an art? There is no point in trying to find out if it is an art. Art is old-fashioned. We need something else.”
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“I have been accused of being a joker. But the most successful art to me involves humor.”
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“Nature does not create works of art. It is we, and the faculty of interpretation peculiar to the human mind, that see art.”
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“- Kitty March: You know those art galleries on Fifth Avenue? The prices they charge! I saw one little picture that cost fifty-thousand dollars. They call it, uh, 'Seezan'.
- Christopher Cross: Cezanne? Oh, he was a great French painter. I'd like to own that painting.
- Kitty March: You would? For fifty-thousand dollars?
- Christopher Cross: You...” (continue) (continue reading)
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“Before you know it, the Renaissance will be here and we'll all be painting.”
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“Sometimes they say I'm mad, but a grain of madness is the best of art.”
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“- Prof. Henry Jarrod: My creations have some merit, I suspect. But in bringing back to life the lovely Marie Antoinette I have done my best work.
- Sidney Wallace: Ohhhh, I've never seen anything so exquisite.
- Prof. Henry Jarrod: People say that they can see my Marie Antoinette breathe; that her breast rises and falls. Look at her eyes, they...” (continue) (continue reading)
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“I am inspired by many mediums and use them to express varied aspects of my philosophies and life observations.”
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“I'm all about supporting anyone whose art is also the way they make their living.”
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“- Chief Warren Kincaid: What are you gonna study?
- David: Theatre arts.
- Chief Warren Kincaid: But on an athletic scholarship, right? Playing hockey?
- David: Figure skating.”
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“The army may not care about art, but they sure as shit care about gold.”
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“It's the aesthetic appreciation of violence that summons him.”
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“My knowledge of art is limited to Kirk Douglas as Vincent VanGogh.”
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“Art isn't art until someone says it is.”
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“Nothing's gonna make it go away, until someone changes something, which is not going to happen. I can't pretend it isn't there because that it is a lie, and when art lies, it becomes worthless.”
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