Famous Quotes

"I was the hero of the young insurgent working class art movement."

Elia Kazan 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 Elia Kazan

• "The writer, when he is also an artist, is someone who admits what others don't dare reveal."

• "Whatever hysteria exists is inflamed by mystery, suspicion and secrecy. Hard and exact facts will cool it."

• "I want to thank the Academy for its courage and generosity."

• "Miller didn't write Death of a Salesman. He released it. It was there inside him, waiting to be turned loose. That's the measure of its merit."

• "I wouldn't go up on a stage now if you paid a thousand dollars for one minute of acting. It's a nasty experience. You're up there all by yourself. You're so damn exposed."