Famous Quotes

"The sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such parts of the marble block as are not needed - it is a process of elimination."

Elbert Hubbard 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 Elbert Hubbard

• "Often we can help each other most by leaving each other alone at other times we need the hand-grasp and the word of cheer."

• "Art is not a thing it is a way."

• "Art is the beautiful way of doing things. Science is the effective way of doing things. Business is the economic way of doing things."

• "Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time."

• "We awaken in others the same attitude of mind we hold toward them."