Arts And Artists

(46 votes)   The function of art is to make that understood which in the form of argument would be incomprehensible.

Constantin Brancusi
1876-1957, Romanian Sculptor

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(45 votes)   Nature is a revelation of God; Art a revelation of man.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
1819-1892, American Poet

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(45 votes)   Often while reading a book one feels that the author would have preferred to paint rather than write; one can sense the pleasure he derives from describing a landscape or a person, as if he were painting what he is saying, because deep in his heart he would have preferred to use brushes and colors.

Pablo Picasso
1881-1973, Spanish Artist

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(45 votes)   The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.

Professor Blackie

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(44 votes)   Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the features of the mother's face, her aspect and her attitude.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
1819-1892, American Poet

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(44 votes)   If I spit, they will take my spit and frame it as great art.

Pablo Picasso
1881-1973, Spanish Artist

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(44 votes)   Making social comment is an artificial place for an artist to start from. If an artist is touched by some social condition, what the artist creates will reflect that, but you can't force it.

Bella Lewitzky
1916-, American Dancer

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(43 votes)   I'm still an artist. I'm never gonna do a shit movie, because I've got my modeling to support me.

Milla Jovovich
1975-, Soviet-born Actress, Model, Singer, Songwriter

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(42 votes)   Art is an absolute mistress; she will not be coquetted with or slighted; she requires the most entire self-devotion, and she repays with grand triumphs.

Charlotte Saunders Cushman
1816-1876, American Actor

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(40 votes)   Contrary to popular belief an artist is never ahead of his time, but most people are far behind theirs.

Edward Varese

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