Famous Quotes

"Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best for that we must have recourse to art."

Baltasar Gracian 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 Baltasar Gracian

• "A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice a good one supplies everything, gilds a No, sweetens a truth, and adds a touch of beauty to old age itself."

• "He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything."

• "Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone."

• "Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong."

• "Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose."