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

- 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.

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

“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

“What's the point of art if nobody sees it?”
Zawe Ashton - Josephina

“All art is dangerous, Morf.”
Rene Russo - Rhodora Haze

“I think all art - if it's good - is a result of really trying to create something that you can't put into words. Where language ends is where good art begins.”
James Ransone

“- Aunt Alicia: Love, my dear Gigi, is a thing of beauty like a work of art, and like a work of art it is created by artists. The greater the artist the greater the art. And what makes an artist?
- Gigi: Cigars and jewelry?
- Aunt Alicia: Gigi, you're from another planet.”
Isabel Jeans - Aunt Alicia
Leslie Caron - Gigi

“- 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)
Joan Bennett - Katharine 'Kitty' March
Edward G. Robinson - Christopher Cross

“I have always believed that opera is a planet where the muses work together, join hands and celebrate all the arts.”
Franco Zeffirelli

“Before you know it, the Renaissance will be here and we'll all be painting.”
Woody Allen - The Fool

“Sometimes they say I'm mad, but a grain of madness is the best of art.”
Willem Dafoe - Vincent van Gogh

“- 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)
Vincent Price - Prof. Henry Jarrod
Paul Cavanagh - Sidney Wallace