Famous Quotes

"The principles of true art is not to portray, but to evoke."

Jerzy Kosinski 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 Jerzy Kosinski

• "The principle of art is to pause, not bypass."

• "A trait which differentiated New York from European cities was the incredible freedom and ease in which life, including sexual life, could be carried on, on many levels."

• "As I go to sleep I remember what my father said-that one can never be sure if one will awake. The way my health is now, this is becoming more and more real."

• "I look back into past history, the stored experiences or products of the imagination. I look no further forward than the evening."

• "The things I write are for those who are willing to accept a new relationship between the reader and the author."