Catherine Drinker Bowen Quotes

Art is a sense of magic.

The principles of true art is not to portray, but to evoke.

Great art picks up where nature ends.

We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth, at least the truth that is given to us to understand.

Art is everywhere, and everywhere is art.

A nice blend of prediction and surprise seem to be at the heart of the best art.

Art points to things. It's a way of giving people not the standard way of looking at the world.

Life and art are inseparable.

For ages past the Genius of Literature and the Genius of Art have walked together hand in hand. For the Goddess of letters is blind, and only she of Art can lend her sight.

One of the things you do when you make a piece of art is you try to make the world you'd rather be in.

Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced.

I suppose an artist takes the elements of his life and rearranges them and then has them perceived by others as though they were the elements of their lives.

I think art can reflect tragedy.

Artwork is a representation of our devotion to life.

To create a work of art is to create the world.

To me, art begets art. Painting feeds the eye just as poetry feeds the ear, which is to say that both feed the soul.

Art is the way people see things, and I think it's great when individuals can find in fashion something they truly believe is artistic.

Human requirements are the inspiration for art.

I have admired David Bromley's work for years. He possesses such a wild and vivid imagination and really sees the beauty in everything.

I think of art as the highest level of creativity. To me, it is one of the greatest sources of enjoyment.

The mission of art is to represent nature not to imitate her.

An art aims, above all, at producing something beautiful which affects not our feelings but the organ of pure contemplation, our imagination.

What I am really concerned about is what art is supposed to be - and can become.

Any work of art that can be understood is the product of journalism.

I'm a huge fan of animation, and just the arts in general - anything that emanates from someone's mind and soul and is capable of touching other people's minds and souls.