17 Inspirational Quotes about Art

Enjoy this collection of quotes about art from philosophers, writers aaaaand of course some famous world class artists.

"The painter has the Universe in his mind and hands." - Leonardo Da Vinci

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1:

"Art enables us to find ourselves 
and lose ourselves at the same time."

- Thomas Merton 1915 - 1968 : Trappist monk and author

2:

"Art is music on paper."

- Ronnie Wood (1947) : Musician and artist

3:

"Painting is the grandchild of Nature."

- Rembrandt 1606 - 1669 : Dutch painter 

4:

"Art washes away from the soul the dust of every day life."

- Pablo Picasso 1881 - 1973 : Artist

5:

"Drawing is the honesty of the art.
There is no possibility of cheating.
It is either good or bad."

- Salvador Dali 1904 - 1989 : Spanish artist

6:

"An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world."

- George Santayana 1863 - 1952 : Spanish philosopher

7:

"Creativity takes courage."

- Henri Matisse 1869 - 1954 : French artist

8:

"Without art, the crudeness of reality
would make the world unbearable."

- George Bernard Shaw 1856 - 1950
(Playwright, critic, and socialist) 

9:

"The effort of art is to keep what is interesting in existence,
to recreate it in the eternal."

- George Santayana 1863 - 1952 : Spanish philosopher

10:

"Every child is an artist.
The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up."

- Pablo Picasso 1881 - 1973 : Spanish artist

11:

"I adore art... when I am alone with my notes,
my heart pounds and the tears stream from my eyes,
and my emotion and my joys are too much to bear."

Giuseppe Verdi 1813 - 1901 : Composer

12:

"The aim of art is to represent
not the outward appearance of things,
but their inward significance."

- Aristotle 384 BC - 322BC : Philosopher 

13:

"A picture is a poem without words."

- Horace 65 BC - 27 BC : Roman poet 

14:

"The true work of art is
but a shadow of the divine perfection."

- Michelangelo 1475 - 1564 : Artist, poet and architect

15:

"Art is never finished only abandoned."

- Leonardo Da Vinci 1452 - 1519
(Artist, scientist, mathematician, inventor...)

16:

"Painting is the silence of thought and the music of sight."

- Orhan Pamuk (1952) : Novelist and screenwriter 

17:

"Every artist was first an amateur."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803 - 1882
(Philosopher, poet and lecturer)

"We don't make mistakes, just happy little accidents."
- Bob Ross 1942 - 1995 : American artist and television host

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