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Religion and art spring from the same root and are close kin. Economics and art are strangers.

Quotes by Nathaniel Hawthorne

'Australian Rules' was such a beautiful film - it was art for me.

Quotes by Nathan Phillips

'The Art of the Brick' is an exhibition I've done where I've taken some works of art from art history and replicated them all out of Lego bricks.

Quotes by Nathan Sawaya

There's a fun, nostalgic aspect to Legos - people connect to the art on a different level. But it's also a medium that lets me design anything I can imagine. I especially enjoy creating curvy forms using rectangular pieces. Up...

Quotes by Nathan Sawaya

There was a time when I was practicing law in New York and I wanted to find something else to do. So I ended up leaving the practice of law to pursue my art and it just happened to be...

Quotes by Nathan Sawaya

It's the duty of all novelists, all painters, all musicians, all people who try to make art move: to look for something they feel authentically, without paying attention to styles.

Quotes by Nathalie Sarraute

You want to put out a TV show? If you have the money to do it on your own, by yourself, and you have a TV network, you can do it by yourself. But the nature of the beast is,...

Quotes by Nathan Fillion

I think of other artists as generous when I get inspired by their work. That's why I like curating. You don't want to take someone else's art and have your way with it. You've got to be respectful of them.

Quotes by Nate Lowman

It's a shame when other people's gambling habits change the meaning of paintings or when fluctuations of value start to dictate how people perceive art because it's too expensive to be interesting or moving. That's when I get bummed out.

Quotes by Nate Lowman

I was a pretty pretentious kid. I was always making art.

Quotes by Nate Lowman

Formally, I did my studies in the sciences, but I was very conscious that I was being deprived of culture. While studying neuroscience, I was running a rock-music festival and was able to use that as a platform to explore...

Quotes by Natalie Jeremijenko

The art world is a very prissy little thing over in the corner, while the major cultural forces are being determined by techno science.

Quotes by Natalie Jeremijenko

A tendency to focus on art over business has meant that too many designers have failed to make the most of their critical acclaim.

Quotes by Natalie Massenet

I want to be free... free to develop my art.

Quotes by Natalia Makarova

My mother was an artist, and I was fairly good at art as a child. I was always the best drawer in class, except in second grade when an artistic genius passed through our school!

Quotes by Natalie Babbitt

I grew up wanting only to be an illustrator. I studied art at Laurel School in Cleveland and at Smith College.

Quotes by Natalie Babbitt

I had parents in the business and they made sure that the art was the biggest concern.

Quotes by Nat Wolff

All the best parts of art come from pain turned to celebration.

Quotes by Natalia Kills

I was always fascinated by graphic art and typography and architecture. And so I was constantly cutting things and making blocks and making buildings out of shoeboxes.

Quotes by Narciso Rodriguez

I realize that I live in the same environment that I did when I was a kid, but with less junk and better art.

Quotes by Narciso Rodriguez

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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