Art Sayings: Quotes about Art and Artists

Art is one of those things that people only appreciate if it is enjoyable or means something to them on a personal level.  There are many reasons you might need an art saying.  You might need one of these as a message for a greeting card, or you might want to use one of these in a speech.  These are all sayings by Blake Flannery.

1. Without history, art is nothing.
2. The best art comes from a mixture of creativity, skill, and a little luck.
3. Art is more valuable with increasing demand. What causes that demand is the mystery.
4. Even a fart can have art in it. (Funny art saying)
5. Without criticism, art would all be on a level playing field.
6. Only a human brain can fully appreciate art, even though all of creation is the canvas of God.
7. The arts give us an excuse to do something otherwise totally unproductive but enjoyable.
8. Something drives a person to create just as the creator created him or her.
9. An artist is someone who is only fully appreciated in historical context.
10. Artists will always be copiers of copiers of God, the original artist of everything.
11. Most artists are good at delaying gratification for their artistic works.  They are usually paid after they have died, but they don’t seem to mind.
12. Inspiration is an artist’s toughest barrier.
13. No one has to tell an artist to create.  It is an innate characteristic.
14. Anyone can be an artist, but most people lack the required patience.
15. One man’s trash is another man’s contemporary art medium.
16. Religion breads propaganda art.
17. Fine art is art that is doing o.k.  If you asked it how it is doing it would say, “I’m fine.” (funny art saying)
18. Art can communicate what no one could get away with using words.

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