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"Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos."

Stephen Sondheim 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 Stephen Sondheim

  • "All the best performers bring to their role something more, something different than what the author put on paper. That's what makes theatre live. That's why it persists."

  • "I'm interested in the theater because I'm interested in communication with audiences. Otherwise I would be in concert music."

  • "Musicals are, by nature, theatrical, meaning poetic, meaning having to move the audience's imagination and create a suspension of disbelief, by which I mean there's no fourth wall."

  • "In the Rodgers and Hammerstein generation, popular hits came out of shows and movies."

  • "One difference between poetry and lyrics is that lyrics sort of fade into the background. They fade on the page and live on the stage when set to music."

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