art Quotes

There is more both of beauty and of raison d'etre in the works of nature- than in those of art.

The most beautiful colors laid on at random, give less pleasure than a black-and-white drawing.

Poetry is deeper and more meaningful than history because it talks about general truths, while history talks about specific events.

Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and pursuit, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim.

Music has a power of forming the character, and should therefore be introduced into the education of the young.

Art takes nature as its model.

The virtue as the art consecrates itself constantly to what's difficult to do, and the harder the task, the shinier the success.

The true end of tragedy is to purify the passions.

Tragedy is an imitation not only of a complete action, but of events inspiring fear and pity. Such an effect is best produced when the events come on us by surprise; and the effect is heightened when, at the same... ...

Rhetoric can be described as the skill of finding all possible ways to persuade in any given situation. This is unique to rhetoric and not part of any other art.