Famous Quotes

"Art is not a pastime but a priesthood."

Jean Cocteau 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 Jean Cocteau

• "Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other hand, produces beautiful things which always become ugly with time."

• "An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture."

• "Emotion resulting from a work of art is only of value when it is not obtained by sentimental blackmail."

• "Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper."

• "Art is a marriage of the conscious and the unconscious."