Famous Quotes

"A race is a work of art that people can look at and be affected in as many ways they're capable of understanding."

Steve Prefontaine 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 Steve Prefontaine

• "To give anything less than your best, is to sacrifice the gift."

• "Some people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I run. I like to make people stop and say, 'I've never seen anyone run like that before.' It's more than just a race, it's a style. It's doing something better than anyone else. It's being creative."

• "I'm going to work so that it's a pure guts race at the end, and if it is, I am the only one who can win it."

• "A race is a work of art that people can look at and be affected in as many ways they're capable of understanding."