Famous Quotes

"Art, as far as it is able, follows nature, as a pupil imitates his master thus your art must be, as it were, God's grandchild."

Dante Alighieri 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 Dante Alighieri

• "Nature is the art of God."

• "Beauty awakens the soul to act."

• "Heat cannot be separated from fire, or beauty from The Eternal."

• "The customs and fashions of men change like leaves on the bough, some of which go and others come."

• "There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery."