
The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.Sun Tzu
These 21 quotes on art come straight from the QuotePlace collection — lines by poets, philosophers, leaders and artists across the centuries. Open any card to read the quote on its own page and meet the author behind it.

The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.Sun Tzu

My art originates from hallucinations only I can see.Yayoi Kusama

Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.Lin Yutang

If you ask me what I came to do in this world, I, an artist, will answer you: I am here to live out loud.Émile Zola
There is no retirement for an artist, it's your way of living so there is no end to it.Henry Moore
The thoughts we choose to think are the tools we use to paint the canvas of our lives.Louise Hay
Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.Henry Ward Beecher
With every experience, you alone are painting your own canvas, thought by thought, choice by choice.Oprah Winfrey
The world is but a canvas to the imagination.Henry David Thoreau
The art of progress is to preserve order amid change, and to preserve change amid order.Alfred North Whitehead
All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.Pablo Picasso
Great is the art of beginning, but greater is the art of ending.Lazarus Long

The art of war is of vital importance to the State.Sun Tzu

Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art.Leonardo da Vinci

Art is a lie that makes us realize truth.Pablo Picasso

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.Albert Einstein

The true science of martial arts means practicing them in such a way that they will be useful at any time, and to teach them in such a way that they will be useful in all things.Miyamoto Musashi

Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.Pablo Picasso

Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.Pablo Picasso

The ultimate aim of martial arts is not having to use them.Miyamoto Musashi

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.Pablo Picasso