Famous Quotes

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

Albert Einstein on Art

More quotes about 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

• "The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls."

  Pablo Picasso on Art

More quotes by Albert Einstein

• "Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen."

• "Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking."

• "Confusion of goals and perfection of means seems, in my opinion, to characterize our age."

• "Perfection of means and confusion of ends seem to characterize our age."

• "It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely."