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"Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves that they have a better idea."

John Ciardi 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 John Ciardi

  • "It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their convictions. I wish I could teach the sad young of this mealy generation the courage of their confusions."

  • "Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal, with nothing to do but keep his house open to hope."

  • "Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal, with nothing to do but keep his house open to hope."

  • "A good question is never answered. It is not a bolt to be tightened into place but a seed to be planted and to bear more seed toward the hope of greening the landscape of idea."

  • "Intelligence recognizes what has happened. Genius recognizes what will happen."

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