Art quotes

“Art is the familiar through new eyes.”
Jon Polito

“My father was very sure about certain matters pertaining to the universe. To him, all good things, trout as well as eternal salvation, came by grace; and grace comes by art; and art does not come easy.”
Robert Redford - Narrator

“Historically, art and music and writing and film have been one of the only tools that is effective against tyranny.”
Zoe Kazan

“Reality may be very interesting, but a work of art must be a creation.”
Jean Renoir

“Ballet might be too formal of a title for the type of dance I do, but I love to dance. I love to draw and paint; I do ceramics and photography. I'm interested in a lot of creative stuff.”
Jeff Bridges

“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.”
Man Ray

“I have been accused of being a joker. But the most successful art to me involves humor.”
Man Ray

“Nature does not create works of art. It is we, and the faculty of interpretation peculiar to the human mind, that see art.”
Man Ray

“Anything that exists on the human palette is, from my point of view, fair game for artists to portray.”
Tobin Bell

“For me, art cures.”
Jordi Mollà

“- Nick: I think the guy in the hat did something terrible.
- Sam: Like what?
- Nick: You're so analytical! Sometimes you just have to let art... flow... over you.”

William Hurt - Nick
Tom Berenger - Sam

- Connie Baker: "Now everyone can be Van Gogh. It's so easy. Just follow the simple instructions and in minutes, you're on your way to being an artist".
- Katherine Ann Watson: Ironic, isn't it? Look at what we have done to the man who refused to conform his ideals to popular taste. Who refused to compromise his integrity. We have put him in a... (continue)(continue reading)

Ginnifer Goodwin - Connie Baker
Julia Roberts - Katherine Ann Watson

“I was just thinking what an interesting concept it is to eliminate the writer from the artistic process. If we could just get rid of these actors and directors, maybe we've got something here.”
Tim Robbins - Griffin Mill

“- Rocky Balboa: You know. I've been running up and down these steps for 20 years, and I never knew there was valuable pictures in this building.
- Rocky Balboa Jr.: Well you’re never to old to learn something new. You’re gonna love Picasso.
- Rocky Balboa: Yeah, yeah, well I love almost everybody.”
Sylvester Stallone - Rocky Balboa
Sage Stallone - Rocky Balboa Jr.

“You pick it.... I stick it!”

Flea - Tattoo Artist
Carla Gugino - Rebecca Warner

“How would you compare Polanski or Kubrick? I try not to do any comparisons.”
Tim Roth

“Art, like beauty, has no price.”
Jeremy Irons - Rodolfo Gucci

“A sincere artist tries to create something which is, in itself, a living thing.”

Joe Mantegna - David Rossi

“The way of the sword doesn’t belong to any one nation. Knowledge of the arts belongs to us all.”
Robert Patrick - Piandao

“If I wanted to attend an art class, I would have at least had the sense to take one with a nude model.”
Tom Ellis - Lucifer Morningstar

“I’ve always felt a little different than everyone else, so I did what any outsider would do. Made weird art.”
Abbi Jacobson - Katie Mitchell

“I want to touch people with my art. I want them to say 'he feels deeply, he feels tenderly'.”
Robert Gulaczyk - Vincent van Gogh

“What am I in the eyes of most people - a nonentity, an eccentric, or an unpleasant person - somebody who has no position in society and will never have; in short, the lowest of the low. All right, then - even if that were absolutely true, then I should one day like to show by my work what such an eccentric, such a nobody, has in his heart.”
Robert Gulaczyk - Vincent van Gogh

“Art doesn't feed me or fill the void when I am not working. If I haven't worked for six months, I can't paint.”
Rod Taylor

“Someone once accused me of trying to turn the sitcom into an art form, and I really believe that's what I was trying to do.”
Bea Arthur