Famous Quotes

"We are all hungry and thirsty for concrete images. Abstract art will have been good for one thing: to restore its exact virginity to figurative art."

Salvador Dali 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 Salvador Dali

• "At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since."

• "It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and is always the first handicap to any creative functioning."

• "The terrifying and edible beauty of Art Nouveau architecture."

• "Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad."

• "Painting is an infinitely minute part of my personality."