Famous Quotes

"The perfection of art is to conceal art."

Quintilian 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 Quintilian

• "Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be."

• "Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately when lawful, they do not excite desire."

• "As regards parents, I should like to see them as highly educated as possible, and I do not restrict this remark to fathers alone."

• "Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake."

• "In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept."