Famous Quotes

"So long as the system of competition in the production and exchange of the means of life goes on, the degradation of the arts will go on and if that system is to last for ever, then art is doomed, and will surely die that is to say, civilization will die."

William Morris 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 William Morris

• "I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few."

• "History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed art has remembered the people, because they created."

• "If you cannot learn to love real art at least learn to hate sham art."

• "I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few."

• "It took me years to understand that words are often as important as experience, because words make experience last."