Famous Quotes

"By the work one knows the workman."

Jean de La Fontaine 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 Jean de La Fontaine

• "It is impossible to please all the world and one's father."

• "Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go."

• "Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them."

• "Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire."

• "The strongest passion is fear."