Art Quotes

"They [comic books] are not a genre… they are a source of great stories and colorful characters" "Fiction is the truth inside the lie" "The great comfort of art, is contradiction." "Poetry, in essence, is the celebration of being." "The world is but a canvas to our imagination." "Modern paintings are like women, you’ll never enjoy them if you try to understand them" "The finest works of art are precious, among other reasons, because they make it possible for us to know, if only imperfectly and for a few moments, what it actually feels like to think subtly and feel nobly. In the sugar of modern life, art has disposed of all these good qualities." "I see football as an art and all players are artists" "Sing me the universal." "The song is to the singer, and comes back most to him." "The mark of a true artist is simplicity." "What is better than to sit at ease and listen to the best that the poets sing?" "The lyf so short, the art so long to lerne" "Nothing goes by luck in composition. It allows of no tricks " "Music fills the infinite between two souls" "A film can reveal the most profound insights about the human condition." "The challenge with film is to blend the logical with the emotional." "An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it" "Fashion should be a form of escapism, and not a form of imprisonment." "I think there is beauty in everything. What ‘normal’ people would perceive as ugly, I can usually see something of beauty in it."