What is your favorite art quote??

Question

I'm writing a paper and looking for some inspiration. thanks for your help

Answer 1

The idea is not to live forever, it is to create something that will.

Andy Warhol

Answer 2

Mildly partial to Einstein...

"True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist."  

-Albert Einstein

"Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art."

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection."

-Michelangelo

"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up."

-Pablo Picasso

Answer 3

Make visible what, without you, might perhaps never have been seen. ~ Robert Bresson

Truth is the secret of eloquence and of virtue, the basis of moral authority; it is the highest summit of art and of life. ~ Henri Frederic Amiel

Answer 4

"there are few things more sensual than oil paint emerging from the tube"