When art dresses in worn-out material it is most easily recognized as art.

Admiration for a quality or an art can be so strong that it deters us from striving to possess it.

For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity to exist, a certain physiological precondition is indispensable: intoxication.

Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a metaphysical supplement to the reality of nature, placed alongside thereof for its conquest.

Art is the proper task of life.

Art raises its head where creeds relax.

I do not know what the spirit of a philosopher could more wish to be than a good dancer. For the dance is his ideal, also his fine art, finally also the only kind of piety he knows, his "divine service."

The bad gains respect through imitation, the good loses it especially in art.

The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.

Nature is the most beautiful thing we have. It's better than art because it's from the creator.

Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.

Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.

I was lucky to have my wife as the art director, and it turned out to be quite something - a great success. I'm very proud of it.

It all has to do with art - writing, painting, things I've done for a long time but just never had enough time to pursue. I have poetry - things that are designed for songs, but they're always poems first.

Cultural tourism surveys consistently rate San Francisco's art industry as a core reason for visiting.