Art Quotes

"I do not have much patience with a thing of beauty that must be explained to be understood." "To create is to live twice." "Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future." "The only difference between me and a madman is that I'm not mad." "You can't use up creativity The more you use, the more you have" "Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life." "Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up." "Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words." "Let us read and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world" "I was born to play football just like Beethoven was born to write music and Michelangelo was born to paint" "Our art is a reflection of our reality" "If music be the food of love, play on." "Poetry is an act of peace" "The debt we owe to the play of the imagination is incalculable." "I think the idea of art kills creativity."