Famous Quotes

"Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term Art, I should call it 'the reproduction of what the Senses perceive in Nature through the veil of the soul.' The mere imitation, however accurate, of what is in Nature, entitles no man to the sacred name of 'Artist.'"

Edgar Allan Poe 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 Edgar Allan Poe

• "Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears."

• "Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words."

• "I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of Beauty."

• "The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?"

• "The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?"