Famous Quotes

"An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision."

James Whistler 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 James Whistler

• "Work alone will efface the footsteps of work."

• "The rare few, who, early in life have rid themselves of the friendship of the many."

• "I can't tell you if genius is hereditary, because heaven has granted me no offspring."

• "To say to the painter that Nature is to be taken as she is, is to say to the player that he may sit on the piano."