Quotes about art
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The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.
G. K. Chesterton1874–1936‘Cheese,’ p. 70Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does, the better.
André Gide1869–1951Andre Gide in: timothy James Brearton The Millionaire Rig Veda, Lulu.com, p. 40Every act of creation is first of all an act of destruction.
T. S. Eliot1888–1965“Dante” (1929), in Selected Essays (1932), p. 238Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.
Life is not a support system for art. It’s the other way around.
Stephen Kingborn 1947On Writing (2000), C.V., 101Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to art.
Robert Frost1874–1963Interview with with Harvey Breit of The New York Times Book Review. As quoted in the following source: Associated Press (30 January 1963). “Robert Frost Dies at 88If I’ve made it a little easier for artists to work in violence, great! I’ve accomplished something.
Music is the language of the spirit. It opens the secret of life bringing peace, abolishing strife.
