Famous Quotes

"Everything that has ever been called folk art has always reflected domination."

Theodor Adorno 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 Theodor Adorno

• "In the age of the individual's liquidation, the question of individuality must be raised anew."

• "True thoughts are those alone which do not understand themselves."

• "No harm comes to man from outside alone: dumbness is the objective spirit."

• "Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth."

• "The task of art today is to bring chaos into order."