Famous Quotes

"It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process."

Max Eastman 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 Max Eastman

• "It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process."

• "The worst enemy of human hope is not brute facts, but men of brains who will not face them."

• "Humor is the instinct for taking pain playfully."

• "It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of humor."

• "Dogs laugh, but they laugh with their tails."