• noun
1 the expression of creative skill through a visual medium such as painting or sculpture.
2 the product of such a process; paintings, drawings, and sculpture collectively.
3 (the arts) the various branches of creative activity, such as painting, music, and drama.
4 (arts) subjects of study primarily concerned with human culture (as contrasted with scientific or technical subjects).
5 a skill: the art of conversation.
Quotations:
1. Benjamin Constant
Art for art's sake, with no purpose, for any purpose perverts art. But art achieves a purpose which is not its own.
Benjamin Constant 1767-1834: Journal intime 11 February 1804
Art for art's sake, with no purpose, for any purpose perverts art. But art achieves a purpose which is not its own.
Benjamin Constant 1767-1834: Journal intime 11 February 1804
2. W. H. Auden
Art is born of humiliation.
W. H. Auden 1907-73: in Stephen Spender World Within World (1951)
Art is born of humiliation.
W. H. Auden 1907-73: in Stephen Spender World Within World (1951)
3. Georges Braque
Art is meant to disturb, science reassures.
Georges Braque 1882-1963: Le Jour et la nuit: Cahiers 1917-52
Art is meant to disturb, science reassures.
Georges Braque 1882-1963: Le Jour et la nuit: Cahiers 1917-52
4. Samuel Butler
The history of art is the history of revivals.
Samuel Butler 1835-1902: Notebooks (1912)
The history of art is the history of revivals.
Samuel Butler 1835-1902: Notebooks (1912)
5. Edgar Degas
Art is vice. You don't marry it legitimately, you rape it.
Edgar Degas 1834-1917: in P. Lafond Degas (1918)
Art is vice. You don't marry it legitimately, you rape it.
Edgar Degas 1834-1917: in P. Lafond Degas (1918)
6. Edward Elgar
I always said God was against art and I still believe it.
Edward Elgar 1857-1934: letter to A. J. Jaeger, 9 October 1900
I always said God was against art and I still believe it.
Edward Elgar 1857-1934: letter to A. J. Jaeger, 9 October 1900
7. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
In art the best is good enough.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749-1832: Italienische Reise (1816-17) 3 March 1787
In art the best is good enough.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749-1832: Italienische Reise (1816-17) 3 March 1787
8. John Grierson
Art is not a mirror but a hammer.
John Grierson 1888-1972: H. Forsyth Hardy (ed.) Grierson on Documentary (1946, 1966)
Art is not a mirror but a hammer.
John Grierson 1888-1972: H. Forsyth Hardy (ed.) Grierson on Documentary (1946, 1966)
9. Hippocrates
Life is short, the art long.
Hippocrates c460-357bc : Aphorisms, often quoted as 'Ars longa, vita brevis', after Seneca De Brevitate Vitae
Life is short, the art long.
Hippocrates c460-357
10. Damien Hirst
It's amazing what you can do with an E in A-level art, twisted imagination and a chainsaw.
Damien Hirst 1965- : after winning the 1995 Turner Prize; in Observer 3 December 1995
It's amazing what you can do with an E in A-level art, twisted imagination and a chainsaw.
Damien Hirst 1965- : after winning the 1995 Turner Prize; in Observer 3 December 1995
11. Henry James
We work in the dark---we do what we can---we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art.
Henry James 1843-1916: 'The Middle Years' (1893)
We work in the dark---we do what we can---we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art.
Henry James 1843-1916: 'The Middle Years' (1893)
12. Rudyard Kipling
It's clever, but is it Art?
Rudyard Kipling 1865-1936: 'The Conundrum of the Workshops' (1892)
It's clever, but is it Art?
Rudyard Kipling 1865-1936: 'The Conundrum of the Workshops' (1892)
13. Lord Melbourne
God help the Minister that meddles with art!
Lord Melbourne 1779-1848: in Lord David Cecil Lord M (1954)
God help the Minister that meddles with art!
Lord Melbourne 1779-1848: in Lord David Cecil Lord M (1954)
14. Brian Sewell
I don't know what art is, but I do know what it isn't.
Brian Sewell: in Independent 26 April 1999
I don't know what art is, but I do know what it isn't.
Brian Sewell: in Independent 26 April 1999
15. George Bernard Shaw
The true artist will let his wife starve, his children go barefoot, his mother drudge for his living at seventy, sooner than work at anything but his art.
George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950: Man and Superman (1903)
The true artist will let his wife starve, his children go barefoot, his mother drudge for his living at seventy, sooner than work at anything but his art.
George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950: Man and Superman (1903)
16. Montaigne
Mon métier et mon art c'est vivre.Living is my job and my art.
Montaigne 1533-92: Essais (1580)
Mon métier et mon art c'est vivre.Living is my job and my art.
Montaigne 1533-92: Essais (1580)
17. J. A. D. Ingres
Le dessin est la probité de l'art.Drawing is the true test of art.
J. A. D. Ingres 1780-1867: Pensées d'Ingres (1922)
Le dessin est la probité de l'art.Drawing is the true test of art.
J. A. D. Ingres 1780-1867: Pensées d'Ingres (1922)
18. Alexander Pope
Ev'n copious Dryden, wanted, or forgot,
The last and greatest art, the art to blot.
Alexander Pope 1688-1744: Imitations of Horace (1737)
Ev'n copious Dryden, wanted, or forgot,
The last and greatest art, the art to blot.
Alexander Pope 1688-1744: Imitations of Horace (1737)
19. Matthew Arnold
Others abide our question. Thou art free.
We ask and ask: Thou smilest and art still,
Out-topping knowledge.
Matthew Arnold 1822-88: 'Shakespeare' (1849)
Others abide our question. Thou art free.
We ask and ask: Thou smilest and art still,
Out-topping knowledge.
Matthew Arnold 1822-88: 'Shakespeare' (1849)
20. Donald Trump
Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how I get my kicks.
Donald Trump 1946- : Donald Trump and Tony Schwartz The Art of the Deal (1987)
Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how I get my kicks.
Donald Trump 1946- : Donald Trump and Tony Schwartz The Art of the Deal (1987)
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