If one dreams alone, it is only a dream. If many dream together, it is the beginning of a new reality.
— Friedensreich Hundertwasser (1928-2000, Austrian) [Fr]
We all participate to the creation. We are all kings, poets, musicians; it resides in opening like a lotus to discover what is within us.
— Henry Miller (1891-1980, USA) [Fr]
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
And yet, the only exciting life is the imaginary one.
— Virginia Woolf (1882–1941, UK) [Fr]
The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.
— Marcel Proust (1871–1922, France) [Fr]
To know is nothing at all; to imagine is everything.
— Anatole France (1844-1924, French) [Fr]
One eye sees, the other feels.
— Paul Klee (1879-1940, Switzerland; German/Swiss)
Art must be an expression of love or it is nothing.
— Marc Chagall (1887–1985, Russian-French)
Art attracts us only by what it reveals of our most secret self.
— Jean-Luc Godard (b.1930, French)
Art arises when the secret vision of the artist and the manifestation of nature agree to find new shapes.
— Khalil Gibran (1883–1931, Lebanese-American)
The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.
— Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900, German) [via likeafieldmouse]
Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed.
— Khalil Gibran (1883–1931, Lebanese-American)
Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.
— Edgar Degas (1834-1917, French)
In our life there is a single color, as on an artist’s palette, which provides the meaning of life and art. It is the color of love.
— Marc Chagall (1887–1985, Russian)
Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
— Pablo Picasso (1881–1973, Spanish) [Fr]
