Famous Quotes

"Lying just for the fun of it is either art or pathology."

Mason Cooley 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 Mason Cooley

• "The wisdom of age: don't stop walking."

• "Old age: I fall asleep during the funerals of my friends."

• "Staid middle age loves the hurricane passions of opera."

• "Middle age went by while I was mourning for my lost youth."

• "The lonely become either thoughtful or empty."