Famous Quotes

"Surely all art is the result of one's having been in danger, of having gone through an experience all the way to the end, where no one can go any further."

Rainer Maria Rilke 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 Rainer Maria Rilke

• "I want to be with those who know secret things or else alone."

• "No great art has ever been made without the artist having known danger."

• "Surely all art is the result of one's having been in danger, of having gone through an experience all the way to the end, where no one can go any further."

• "The deepest experience of the creator is feminine, for it is experience of receiving and bearing."

• "One had to take some action against fear when once it laid hold of one."