Wilson Mizner Quotes

There hasn't been any art yet. Art is just beginning.

Without electricity, there can be no art.

There is nothing new in art except talent.

I make pictures and someone comes in and calls it art.

Art is an investigation.

Life has to have the plenitude of art.

For some years, I've been very interested in the relationship between science and art.

Art is not living. It is the use of living.

Art, in other words, betrays a sexy mental fitness.

I sometimes set myself thinking and imagining that I find amongst men but one single art or science, and that is drawing or painting, all others being members proceeding therefrom.

From music and dance to painting and sculpting, the arts allow us to explore new worlds and to view life from another perspective. They also encourage individuals to sharpen their skills and to nurture their imagination and intellect.

Art is one of the dirtiest words in our language; it's mucked up with all kinds of meanings. There's the art of plumbing; there's the art of almost anything that you can say.

Art is a technique of communication. The image is the most complete technique of all communication.

Science has to do with facts, art with phenomena. To science, phenomena are of use only as they lead to facts; and to art, facts are of use only as they lead to phenomena.

You can be a giant among artists without ever attaining any great skill. Facility is a dangerous thing. When there is too much technical ease the brain stops criticizing. Don't let the hand fall into a smart way of putting the mind to sleep.

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

Art is such an important part of our culture.

Art is a sense of magic.

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

We especially need imagination in science. It is not all mathematics, nor all logic, but it is somewhat beauty and poetry.

We need art more than ever as we stagger toward the Millennium.

Art revolves around creating something that isn't there.

I don't dare postulate about science, but I know that it takes both emotion and intellect in order for art to happen.

I believe in art.

Art is a continuum.