Famous Quotes

"Teachers believe they have a gift for giving it drives them with the same irrepressible drive that drives others to create a work of art or a market or a building."

A. Bartlett Giamatti on Art

More quotes about Art

• "True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist."

  Albert Einstein on Art

• "If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced."

  Vincent Van Gogh on Art

• "The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person."

  Abraham Lincoln on Art

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

  Aristotle on Art

• "A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament."

  Oscar Wilde on Art

More quotes by A. Bartlett Giamatti

• "A liberal education is at the heart of a civil society, and at the heart of a liberal education is the act of teaching."

• "A liberal education is at the heart of a civil society, and at the heart of a liberal education is the act of teaching."

• "There are many who lust for the simple answers of doctrine or decree. They are on the left and right. They are not confined to a single part of the society. They are terrorists of the mind."

• "Major sports are major parts of society. It's not anomalous to have people who love sports come from other parts of that society."

• "Teachers believe they have a gift for giving it drives them with the same irrepressible drive that drives others to create a work of art or a market or a building."