Famous Quotes

"Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers... What we call art is a game."

Octavio Paz 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 Octavio Paz

• "Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone."

• "Literature is the expression of a feeling of deprivation, a recourse against a sense of something missing. But the contrary is also true: language is what makes us human. It is a recourse against the meaningless noise and silence of nature and history."

• "Love is an attempt at penetrating another being, but it can only succeed if the surrender is mutual."

• "Literature is the expression of a feeling of deprivation, a recourse against a sense of something missing. But the contrary is also true: language is what makes us human. It is a recourse against the meaningless noise and silence of nature and history."

• "To read a poem is to hear it with our eyes to hear it is to see it with our ears."