Without freedom, no art; art lives only on the restraints it imposes on itself, and dies of all others.

—Albert Camus

Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.

—Leonardo da Vinci

I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.

—Michelangelo

Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can.

—Danny Kaye

For art is order, but it is born out of the chaos of life.

—May Sarton

Every great work of art has two faces, one toward its own time and one toward the future, toward eternity.

—Daniel Berenboim

The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world.

—G.K. Chesterton

Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

—Pablo Picasso

After a certain high level of technical skill is achieved, science and art tend to coalesce in esthetics, plasticity, and form. The greatest scientists are always artists as well.

—Albert Einstein

Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to possess internal order, and that is why, though I don’t believe that only art matters, I do believe in Art for Art’s sake.

 — E.M. Forster

Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.

 —Twyla Tharp

Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.

—Frank Zappa