Famous Quotes

"Art is the collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better."

Andre Gide 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 Andre Gide

• "It is unthinkable for a Frenchman to arrive at middle age without having syphilis and the Cross of the Legion of Honor."

• "The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that logic alone constructs remains artificial and forced."

• "Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better."

• "Art begins with resistance - at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor."

• "There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome."