Famous Quotes

"Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials."

Lin Yutang 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 Lin Yutang

• "No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow."

• "Hope is like a road in the country there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence."

• "This I conceive to be the chemical function of humor: to change the character of our thought."

• "Where there are too many policemen, there is no liberty. Where there are too many soldiers, there is no peace. Where there are too many lawyers, there is no justice."

• "Society can exist only on the basis that there is some amount of polished lying and that no one says exactly what he thinks."