Famous Quotes

"Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others."

Jonathan Swift 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 Jonathan Swift

• "No man was ever so completely skilled in the conduct of life, as not to receive new information from age and experience."

• "Interest is the spur of the people, but glory that of great souls. Invention is the talent of youth, and judgment of age."

• "Invention is the talent of youth, as judgment is of age."

• "Under this window in stormy weather I marry this man and woman together Let none but Him who rules the thunder Put this man and woman asunder."

• "Good manners is the art of making those people easy with whom we converse. Whoever makes the fewest people uneasy is the best bred in the room."