Famous Quotes

"A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left."

Alexander Pope on Art

More quotes about Art

• "True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist."

  Albert Einstein on Art

• "If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced."

  Vincent Van Gogh on Art

• "The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person."

  Abraham Lincoln on Art

• "The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance."

  Aristotle on Art

• "A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament."

  Oscar Wilde on Art

More quotes by Alexander Pope

• "Health consists with temperance alone."

• "Know then this truth, enough for man to know virtue alone is happiness below."

• "So vast is art, so narrow human wit."

• "True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, as those who move easiest have learned to dance."

• "All nature is but art unknown to thee."