Art Quotes

One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art.
- Oscar Wilde

The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.
- Oscar Wilde

Art is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it.
- Robert Motherwell

There is one thing one has to have: either a soul that is cheerful by nature, or a soul made cheerful by work, love, art, and knowledge.
- Friedrich Nietzsche

Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.
- Thomas Merton