“Art is a product of nature in general, in the particular form of human nature.” HumansArtFormHuman NatureParticularProductsArt Is Author:Anton Webern
“All art is advertising. It stands for a particular point of view. Art that exploits badness is advertising badness.” ArtViewsParticularCommunicationArt IsPoint Of ViewAdvertisingExploitsBadness Author:Jack Beal
“The beautiful is and remains beautiful though it arouse no emotion whatever, and though there be no one to look at it. In other words, although the beautiful exists for the gratification of an observer, it is independent of him. In this sense music, too, has no aim (object), and the mere fact that this particular art is so closely bound up with our feelings by no means justifies the assumption that its aesthetic principles depend on this union.” LooksMeanArtFactsFeelingsBeautifulEmotionPrinciplesObjectsParticularDependsArt IsAimIndependentRemainsUnionsMereBoundsAssumptionJustifyAestheticObserversGratification Author:Eduard Hanslick
“With a movie you're creating from the beginning this particular work, let's not call it work of art, because very few movies are works of art, let's just call them bits of popular culture, whatever they are, sometimes very rarely by accident a movie becomes a work of art.” ArtSometimesCultureBitsParticularCreatingArt IsAccidentsWorks Of ArtPopular Culture Author:Sydney Pollack
“I'm only the instrument through which one particular art is expressed. Poetry flows through me but it originates in the wellspring of creation that is the source of us all. When you strike out at someone else's achievement you are attacking your own share of a great gift.” ArtCreativityShareCreationParticularSourceAchievementArt IsFlowInstrumentsStrikesAttackingGreat GiftsWellspring Author:Morgan Llywelyn
“I realized that the only possible response was to go to my wonderful local café, Maison Bertaux, check everyone was well, eat a little cake and then make art. To me, making art, and in particular public art, is always an assertion of our humanity and our strength.” WellsLittlesArtHumanityWonderfulParticularArt IsResponseI RealizedChecksLocalsCakeAssertionPublic Art Author:Martin Firrell
“What I search for continuously in my art is adequate language, language I hope can stand beyond any particular occasion. What I'm finding is that in our increasingly dysfunctional U.S. society, marvelous poetry is being written - out of and amid the dysfunction.” ArtLanguageWrittenParticularFindingsArt IsOccasionsPoetry IsMarvelousAdequateDysfunction Author:Adrienne Rich
“I believe that, your art is like a time capsule for where you were at, where your mentality was at, at that specific or that particular space in time. A lot of times people want the same thing over and over again; I'm not going to give you that, I'm just not. So, I want my fans to continue to grow with me and let's take this journey, because it ain't gon' never stop.” PeopleWantGivingBelieveArtI BelieveGrowsSpaceJourneyFansParticularArt IsMentalityTime Capsules Author:Jon Connor
“Play is a necessary ingredient in art because there is a kind of wonder that goes on when you play. You're directing your activity toward a conclusion that isn't prescribed by a particular method.” KindArtPlayWonderParticularGoes OnActivityArt IsMethodConclusionIngredients Author:Richard Serra
“I also got encouragement from my teachers at primary school but one person in particular who had a significant impact on my lean towards art is Mr. Luigi St. Omer. Mr. St. Omer was the one who always reminded me that I should not settle for less than greatness in my art. He saw that I had the potential and he helped me develop that talent.” ShouldPersonsArtSchoolSawsTeacherTalentGreatnessParticularArt IsEncouragementImpactSignificantPrimariesSettlingPrimary School Author:St. Lucia
“Music, uniquely among the arts, is both completely abstract and profoundly emotional. It has no power to represent anything particular or external, but it has a unique power to express inner states or feelings. Music can pierce the heart directly; it needs no mediation.” NeedsHeartArtStatesFeelingsEmotionalParticularUniqueArt IsAbstractPierceMediation Book:Musicophilia Source: Musicophilia
“All art is the struggle to be, in a particular sort of way, virtuous.” WayArtLiteratureStruggleParticularArt IsVirtuous Author:Iris Murdoch