Art and war are opposites, so our goal as an artist is to build and create, not destroy.
Art
Art never harms itself by keeping aloof from the social problems of the day: rather, by so doing, it more completely realises for us that which we desire.
Art never harms itself by keeping aloof from the social problems of the day: rather, by so doing, it more completely realises for us that which we desire.
The art of medicine was to be properly learned only from its practice and its exercise.
The art of medicine was to be properly learned only from its practice and its exercise.
Thomas Sydenham
I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own.
I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own.
Jackson Pollock
To curb the machine and limit art to handicraft is a denial of opportunity.
To curb the machine and limit art to handicraft is a denial of opportunity.
Lewis Mumford
Photography is a major force in explaining man to man.
Photography is a major force in explaining man to man.
Edward Steichen
Art is the final cunning of the human soul which would rather do anything than face the gods.
Art is the final cunning of the human soul which would rather do anything than face the gods.
Iris Murdoch
What I didn’t know was I was deeply attracted to the big space.
What I didn’t know was I was deeply attracted to the big space.
David Hockney
All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril. Those who read the symbol do so at their peril. It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors. Diversity of opinion about a work of art shows that the work is new, complex and vital.
All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril. Those who read the symbol do so at their peril. It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors. Diversity of opinion about a work of art shows that the work is new, complex and vital.
To paint is a possessing rather than a picturing.
To paint is a possessing rather than a picturing.
Philip Guston
No heirloom of humankind captures the past as do art and language.
No heirloom of humankind captures the past as do art and language.
Theodore Bikel
There is nothing new in art except talent.
There is nothing new in art except talent.
Anton Chekhov
I hope to live all my life for my art, without abandoning my principles one iota.
I hope to live all my life for my art, without abandoning my principles one iota.
Gustave Courbet
Painting is the passage from the chaos of the emotions to the order of the possible.
Painting is the passage from the chaos of the emotions to the order of the possible.
Balthus
For me, fragrances are very – one of these beautiful art forms that bring about a whole host of things. It's what you want to smell like, it's memories that make you smile or are resonant of times in your life, it can remind you of music. If you're a lover of scent, it's a very kind of particular and evocative thing.
For me, fragrances are very – one of these beautiful art forms that bring about a whole host of things. It’s what you want to smell like, it’s memories that make you smile or are resonant of times in your life, it can remind you of music. If you’re a lover of scent, it’s a very kind of particular and evocative thing.