Famous Quotes

"Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves that they have a better idea."

John Ciardi 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 John Ciardi

• "It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their convictions. I wish I could teach the sad young of this mealy generation the courage of their confusions."

• "Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal, with nothing to do but keep his house open to hope."

• "Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal, with nothing to do but keep his house open to hope."

• "A good question is never answered. It is not a bolt to be tightened into place but a seed to be planted and to bear more seed toward the hope of greening the landscape of idea."

• "Intelligence recognizes what has happened. Genius recognizes what will happen."