Famous Quotes

"It is commonly supposed that the art of pleasing is a wonderful aid in the pursuit of fortune but the art of being bored is infinitely more successful."

Nicolas Chamfort 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 Nicolas Chamfort

• "Man arrives as a novice at each age of his life."

• "The art of the parenthesis is one of the greatest secrets of eloquence in Society."

• "Most of those who make collections of verse or epigram are like men eating cherries or oysters: they choose out the best at first, and end by eating all."

• "Change of fashion is the tax levied by the industry of the poor on the vanity of the rich."

• "Living is a sickness to which sleep provides relief every sixteen hours. It's a palliative. The remedy is death."