art Quotes

"Perfection is attained, not when no more can be added, but when no more can be removed."

"We must not subject him who creates to the desires of the multitude. It is, rather, his creation that must become the multitude's desire."

"Perfection is finally attained not when there is no longer anything to add but when there is no longer anything to take away, when a body has been stripped down to its nakedness."

"Good taste" is a virtue of the keepers of museums. If you scorn bad taste, you will have neither painting nor dancing, neither palaces nor gardens."

"If a composer suffers from loss of sleep and his sleeplessness induces him to turn out masterpieces, what a profitable loss it is!"

“It is our duty to remember at all times and anew that medicine is not only a science, but also the art of letting our own individuality interact with the individuality of the patient.”

“All art speaks in signs and symbols. No one can explain how it happens that the artist can waken to life in us the existence that he has seen and lives through. No artistic speech is the adequate expression of... ...

“Bach is thus a terminal point. Nothing comes from him; everything merely leads to him.”

“Joy, sorrow, tears, lamentation, laughter -- to all these music gives voice”

“Joy, sorrow, tears, lamentation, laughter -- to all these music gives voice, but in such a way that we are transported from the world of unrest to a world of peace, and see reality in a new way, as if... ...