Quotations About Art

"A work of art can only come from the interior of man. Art is the form of the image formed upon the nerves, heart, brain and eye of man."

- Edvard Munch
 
"Art is an indecent exposure of the consciousness."
- Herbert Read
 
"Art never expresses anything but itself."
- Oscar Wilde
 
"Art is what you can get away with."
- Marshall McLuhan
 
"Art is making something out of nothing and selling it."
- Frank Zappa
 
"Art is meant to disturb"
- Georges Braque
 
"Art is a necessity – an essential part of our enlightenment process. We cannot, as a civilized society, regard ourselves as being enlightened without the arts."
- Ken Darby
 
"All art is autobiographical; the pearl is the oyster's autobiography."
- Federico Fellini
 
 
"That which is static and repetitive is boring. That which is dynamic and random is confusing. In between lies art."
- John Locke
 
 
"Art evokes the mystery without which the world would not exist."
- Rene Magritte