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I have nothing to hide in art. The initial force alone can bring anyone to the end he must attain.

Quotes by Paul Cezanne

Is art really the priesthood that demands the pure in heart who belong to it wholly?

Quotes by Paul Cezanne

My age and health will never allow me to realize the dream of art I've been pursuing all my life.

Quotes by Paul Cezanne

Don't be an art critic. Paint. There lies salvation.

Quotes by Paul Cezanne

Film used to have to be niche and find its audience in a little art house cinema, and TV had to work for everybody. And now it's kind of flipped where there's so many platforms that TV can be incredibly...

Quotes by Paul Bettany

In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. In life may you proceed with balance and stealth.

Quotes by Patti Smith

90% of every art form is garbage - dance and stand-up, painting and music. Focus on the 10% that's good, suck it up, and drive on.

Quotes by Patton Oswalt

I think I realized it was an art form at the beginning, but it took me a really long time before I was able to view what I was performing myself as an art form.

Quotes by Patton Oswalt

As authors, most - most authors, our art is portraying the human condition. Trying to show you what it's like to be somebody else, trying to make you feel for somebody else. That means you have to have a high...

Quotes by Patrick Rothfuss

There is no right or wrong way of giving. People in Los Angeles have made major contributions in different ways to the city: Eli Broad to art. David Geffen to hospitals. I'm not judgmental.

Quotes by Patrick Soon-Shiong

When you're a little kid, you just like music that makes you happy and is fun. As you get older, you reach college or your 20s and you decide that music should be challenging and all art should be smart....

Quotes by Patrick Stump

When you make art, you get really invested in it. When art happens by accident and you were just along for the ride? It's way more fun.

Quotes by Patrick Stump

Theatre is how I first encountered art on any level.

Quotes by Patrick Marber

In the dear dead days beyond recall, when I was in my prime as a film critic, the industry was booming. Hollywood, to give them their due, always called it the industry, through quite a few imagined it as an...

Quotes by Patrick Kavanagh

I am increasingly unimpressed by works of art that require a college degree to understand. I think that art should be for everyone. And people should be moved by it.

Quotes by Patrick deWitt

Dancers are a work of art - they are the canvas on which their work is painted.

Quotes by Patrick Duffy

I love small weird art movies, and I love free mass entertainment.

Quotes by Patricia Arquette

I'm always trying to find 'connections' between things. That art is the juxtaposition of a lot of things that seem unrelated but add up to something recognizable.

Quotes by Pat Metheny

There has always been quite a strong black and white art tradition in Australia, with quite a large contingent of cartoonists, given the size of the population.

Quotes by Pat Oliphant

Diversity is strength. Our cinema and our art forms need to diversify so that it tells all stories, all perspectives.

Quotes by Parvathy

Frequently Asked Questions

What perspectives on art are covered in this collection?
A few distinct takes - being an artist "to the core" with a goal of elevating humanity, art shaping personal character, and two versions of the idea that film "is not the art of scholars but of illiterates" and should be watched straight on.
Is there a quote about art and personal identity?
Yes, two of them. One speaker calls themselves "an artist to the core," aiming to elevate humanity through their art. Another says their art has had a strong influence on the kind of person they are. For more on personal growth, see the Life page.
Is there a quote specifically about film as art?
Yes - in fact there are two closely related versions of the same idea, both arguing that film "is not the art of scholars but of illiterates" and should be looked at straight on rather than over-analyzed.
Is there anything here about art's broader purpose or ambition?
Yes, one quote frames the speaker's whole objective as using their talents "to elevate humanity through my art" - a big-picture statement about art's purpose. For more ambitious, purpose-driven quotes, check out the Great page.
Where can I read more about how art is perceived or valued?
For a closer look at how art and status intersect, see the Status page. For more general uplifting quotes, the Good page is also worth browsing.

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