Quotes 7 - Frank Lloyd Wright

Art for art's sake is a philosophy of the well-fed.  Frank Lloyd Wright - architect 


I confess I don't exactly know what he means.

Quotes 6 - Henry Moore

A sculptor is a person who is interested in the shape of things, a poet in words, a musician in sounds. Henry Moore

Moore is just stating the obvious.

Quotes 5 - Hedy Lamarr

A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires. Hedy Lamarr

Quotes 4 - Federico Fellini

All art is autobiographical. The pearl is the oyster's autobiography. Federico Fellini (moviemaker)

Quotes 3 - Andre Gide

Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better. ~ André Gide   (French writer)

Quotes 2 - John Anthony Ciardi

Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves that they have a better idea. ~ John Anthony Ciardi  (American Poet)

Quotes 1 - Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso said: "As far as I am concerned, a painting speaks for itself.  What is the use of giving explanations, when all is said and done?  A painter has only one language."  I think I feel the same way about music. 

Quotes

Art, like beauty, is hard to define but we know it when we see it. It is like the makeup of life - purely cosmetic but fulfilling a seemingly necessary purpose. I am going to round up some quotes about art from famous people and post them here. It will help us with our definition.