Quotes about art
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Willa Cather1873–1947The Song of the Lark (1915), Part VI, Ch. 11Religion and art spring from the same root and are close kin. Economics and art are strangers.
Willa Cather1873–1947“Four Letters: Escapism” first published in Commonweal (17 April 1936)
Paul Cézanne1839–1906Quote from a conversation with Vollard, in the studio of Cézanne, in Aix, 1896; as quoted in Cezanne, by Ambroise Vollard, Dover publications Inc. New York, 1984, p. 67
Raymond Chandler1888–1959“Great Thought” (19 February 1938), published in The Notebooks of Raymond Chandler (1976)
Ray Charles1930–2004Brother Ray: Ray Charles’ Own Story (1978), p. 8The person who wants nothing, hopes for nothing, and fears nothing can never be an artist.
Anton Chekhov1860–1904Letter to A.S. Suvorin (November 25, 1892)Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame.
G. K. Chesterton1874–1936Tremendous Trifles (1909), Ch. XXIII: “The Toy Theatre”- G. K. Chesterton1874–1936Generally Speaking
- G. K. Chesterton1874–1936As quoted in Arts magazine: Vol. 1 (1926), also in The Golden Book magazine, Vol. 7 (1928) by Henry Wysham Lanier, p. 323.
The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.
G. K. Chesterton1874–1936‘Cheese,’ p. 70The central idea of poetry is the idea of guessing right, like a child.
G. K. Chesterton1874–1936The Victorian Age in Literature (1913), Ch I: The Victorian Compromise and Its Enemies (p. 24)Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse.
Winston Churchill1874–1965From a speech given at the Royal Academy of Art in 1953; quoted in Time magazine (11 May 1954).Rap music is the only vital form of music introduced since punk rock.
KCKurt Cobain1967–1994As quoted in M.E.A.T. (September 1991)