Art and Literature

I choose a block of marble and chop off everything I don't need.

François-Auguste Rodin, (on how he created his statues), in Art and Literature

Let's have some new clichés.

Samuel Goldwyn, in Art and Literature

A painting in a museum probably hears more foolish remarks than anything else in the world.

Edmond Jules Goncourt, in Art and Literature

In a painting I want to say something comforting.

Vincent van Gogh, in Art and Literature