Art Quote of the Day
“Art never seems to make me peaceful or pure.” – Willem de Kooning
“Art never seems to make me peaceful or pure.” – Willem de Kooning
“Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature.” – Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
“Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos.” – Stephen Sondheim
“What marks the artist is his power to shape the material of pain we all have.” – Lionel Trilling
“If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature’s way.” – Aristotle
“Many artists and scholars have pointed out that ultimately art depends on human nature.” – Steven Pinker
“Nature’s far too subtle to repeat herself.” – Paul Muni
“To change your phrase somewhat, I know that I like an art where disparate elements form an entity.” – James Schuyler
“But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
“Artists themselves are not confined, but their output is.” – Robert Smithson