Famous Quotes

"The sadness of the incomplete, the sadness that is often Life, but should never be Art."

E. M. Forster 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 E. M. Forster

• "To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art men can only make us feel small in the wrong way."

• "Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to possess internal order, and that is why, though I don't believe that only art matters, I do believe in Art for Art's sake."

• "History develops, art stands still."

• "The work of art assumes the existence of the perfect spectator, and is indifferent to the fact that no such person exists."

• "Nonsense and beauty have close connections."