Art Blog #53

Art Quotes

Some famous art quotes

Art has been significant for thousands of years and has inspired millions of people non-famous and famous, we have collated some art quotes from well known people, you can find more on the website.

• Every artist was first an amateur.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

• “Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.” – Pablo Picasso

• “Every artist dips his brush in his own soul and paints his own nature into his pictures.” – Henry Ward Beecher

• “Art is not freedom from discipline, but disciplined freedom.” – John F. Kennedy

• “Great art picks up where nature ends.” – Marc Chagall

• “Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” – Thomas Merton

• “An artist is not paid for his labour but for his vision.” – James Whistler

• “Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.” – Oscar Wilde

• “Art is the lie that reveals the truth.” – Jean Cocteau

Do you have a favourite art quote?, what is it about art that you love? and if you could own any piece of art, what would it be and why?

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