I do not want life to imitate art. I want life to be art.
Quoted by Ernst Fischer
The purpose of art is to reveal art and hide the artist.
Oscar Wilde
Art is the daughter of freedom.
Classic definition of Schiller
Art is the mystery of secrecy.
A famous definition by Vasili Kandinski
Love art in you, not your art.
Constantin Stanislavski
Art and works of art are not the artist; Sense, enthusiasm and instinct transforms you into an artist.
Quoted by Karl Wilhelm Friedrich von Schlegel
Art is intuition, not the naked truth.
The apoic definition of Stipe Golac
The artist belongs to his work, not the artist's work.
Classic quote from Novalis
Art is a pleasure, pleasure is not an art.
Paradox of Luigi Casian
Art is triumphant over chaos.
Definition by John Cheever
In the clouds or in the smoke, wherever we are, betting with art does not cheat us.
Quote from Betty Marcovici
Art is putting the truth into practice.
Classic definition by Martin Heidegger
The artist is nature's confident.
Classic definition by Auguste Rodin
Art is not a craft, it is the transmission of the feeling that the artist has felt.
A classic definition by Lev Tolstoy
No artist is ever morbid. The artist can express anything.
Oscar Wilde
The art critic always starts from the assumption that the artist wanted to paint something else.
Quoted by Robert Brault
Art is not what you see, but what makes you see others.
A famous definition by Edgar Degas
The artist's pleasure is the very heart of his art.
Famous quote from Constantin Brâncuşi
Art is a mirror in which everyone sees what he thinks.
A definitive definition of Constantin Brâncuşi