~ There is no must in art because art is free. ~
~ Painting: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to the critic. ~
~ Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to possess internal order, and that is why, though I don't believe that only art matters, I do believe in Art for Art's sake. ~
~ Art is on the side of the oppressed. Think before you shudder at the simplistic dictum and its heretical definition of the freedom of art. For if art is freedom of the spirit, how can it exist within the oppressors? ~
~ Art is art. Everything else is everything else. ~
~ Art is coming face to face with yourself. That's what's wrong with Benton. He came face to face with Michelangelo-- and he lost ~
~ Art is the highest task and proper metaphysical activity of this life. ~
~ Art requires philosophy, just as philosophy requires art. Otherwise, what would become of beauty? ~
~ The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards. ~
~ Art is the most passionate orgy within man's grasp. ~
~ We have lost the art of living, and in the most important science of all, the science of daily life, the science of behavior, we are complete ignoramuses. We have psychology instead. ~
~ There are three forms of visual art: Painting is art to look at, sculpture is art you can walk around, and architecture is art you can walk through ~