Famous Quotes

"My first love is art, and I see a lot of things in an artistic way."

Robert Carlyle 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 Robert Carlyle

• "In the late '70s, maybe just before I started, there was still an attitude that if you did film you didn't do TV and vice versa, but that's gone now."

• "My dad was rubbish at all other aspects of his financial life, but he's pretty good at paying the rent."

• "I've always taken my love of children from my father. He was a children magnet. Suddenly, having my first child hit home what my dad went through."

• "There are a lot of things that make up a performance, a lot of technical things. It isn't always just about pulling it up from the darkest recesses of your mind or your heart. It's your experience and your observation."

• "I've always taken my love of children from my father. He was a children magnet. Suddenly, having my first child hit home what my dad went through."