Famous Quotes

"Art saved me it got me through my depression and self-loathing, back to a place of innocence."

Jeanette Winterson 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 Jeanette Winterson

• "I live alone, with cats, books, pictures, fresh vegetables to cook, the garden, the hens to feed."

• "If you continually write and read yourself as a fiction, you can change what's crushing you."

• "I don't write for any group. I write to bring about a change in consciousness."

• "I don't read reviews because by then it's too late - whatever anyone says, the book won't change. It is written."

• "I believe in communication books communicate ideas and make bridges between people."