Quotes by Art Cars for me are like a piece of art. Afrojack carpiecesart Envy-Thy art blindness Aftab Alam blindnessenvyart we know the art of success; never forget Aftab Alam never-forgetforgetart My grandfather was a most gifted person, and amongst his many qualities, one of them had always particularly impressed me. While the past was a book he had read and re-read may times, the future was just one more literary work of art into which he used to pour himself with deep thought and concentration. Innumerable people since his death have told me how he used to read in the future, and this certainly was one of his very great strengths. Aga Khan IV bookpastart But no artist, I now realize, can be satisfied with art alone. There is a natural craving for recognition which cannot be gain-said. Agatha Christie recognitiongainsart the detective's highest talent lay in the gentle art of seeking favours under the guise of conferring them! Agatha Christie detectivesfavorsart I didn't go to art school. So, I never had this moment of taking time to actually learn how to make things and learn about art history and learn about people that came before me. Agathe Snow peopleartschool Art is in love with luck, and luck with art. Agathon art-isluckart Public art existed all along, but ecological art just naturally grew out of my thinking and writings in that area for years. I didn't get involved in it; I started what then became a movement. Agnes Denes writingartthinking If I like a person, I like them. I may like the art and not like the person. Agnes Denes personsmayart Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings. Agnes Martin emotionfeelingsart It's not about facts, it's about feelings. It's about remembering feelings and happiness. A definition of art is that it makes concrete our most subtle emotions. I think the highest form of art is music. It's the most abstract of all art expression. Agnes Martin happinessartthinking Beauty and happiness and life are all the same and they are pervasive, unattached and abstract and they are our only concern. They are immeasurable, completely lacking in substance. They are perfect and sublime. This is the subject matter of art. Agnes Martin sublimeperfectart When I think of art I think of beauty. Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye it is in the mind. In our minds there is awareness of perfection. Agnes Martin eyebeautyart I once taught art to adults in a night course. I had a woman who painted her back yard, and she said it was the first time she had ever really looked at it. I think everyone sees beauty. Art is a way to respond Agnes Martin nightartthinking That which takes us by surprise-moments of happiness-that is inspiration. Agnes Martin surpriseinspirationart My paintings are certainly nonobjective. They're just horizontal lines. There's not any hint of nature. And still everybody responds, I think. Agnes Martin hintsartthinking I would like my work to be recognized as being in the classical tradition (Coptic, Egyptian, Greek, Chinese), as representing the Ideal in the mind. Classical art cannot possibly be eclectic. One must see the ideal in one's own mind. It is like a memory - an awareness -of perfection. Agnes Martin perfectionmemoriesart I hope I have made it clear that the work is about perfection as we are aware of it in our minds but that the paintings are very far from being perfect - completely removed in fact - even as we ourselves are. Agnes Martin perfectmindart What I say is that we're capable of a transcendent response, and I think it makes us happy. And I do think beauty produces a transcendent response. Agnes Martin beautyartthinking«56789101112131415»
