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Art Quotes

Music, movies, poetry, sculptures, and more. Art comes in more forms than you can shake a paintbrush at. Click on any art quote below to see it in context and find out where it falls on Shmoop's pretentious scale. We'll give you details on who said it, when they said it, and in some cases, why on earth they thought it was okay to say it.

"A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song."

Source: 80 million United States Postage stamps | Author: Maya Angelou

"A poem should not mean But be."

Source: Ars Poetica | Author: Archibald MacLeish

"A thing of beauty is a joy for ever."

Source: Endymion | Author: John Keats

"All her hair
In one long yellow string I wound
Three times her little throat around"

Source: Porphyria's Lover | Author: Robert Browning

"Between my finger and my thumb The squat pen rests; snug as a gun."

Source: Digging | Author: Seamus Heaney

"Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise. I rise. I rise."

Source: Still I Rise | Author: Maya Angelou

"But all they want to do is tie the poem to a chair with rope and torture a confession out of it."

Source: Introduction to Poetry | Author: Billy Collins

"Bye, bye Miss American Pie"

Source: American Pie | Speaker: Don McLean

"Chivalry is not only dead, it's decomposed."

Source: The Palm Beach Story | Speaker: John D. Hackensacker III

"Dwell in possibility"

Source: I dwell in Possibility | Author: Emily Dickinson

"Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration."

Source: Not verified | Speaker: Thomas Edison

"Hello, everybody. This is Mrs. Norman Maine."

Source: A Star Is Born | Speaker: Vicki Lester

"Here we are now. Entertain us."

Source: Smells Like Teen Spirit | Speaker: Nirvana

"Hit me, baby, one more time"

Source: ...Baby One More Time | Speaker: Britney Spears

"How do I love thee? Let me count the ways."

Source: How do I love Thee (Sonnet 43) | Author: Elizabeth Barrett Browning

"How dreary — to be — Somebody!
How public — like a Frog —"

Source: I'm Nobody! Who are you? | Author: Emily Dickinson

"Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful."

Source: The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci | Author: Leonardo da Vinci

"I am big. It's the pictures that got small."

Source: Sunset Boulevard | Speaker: Norma Desmond

"I am the walrus. Goo goo g'joob."

Source: I Am the Walrus | Speaker: The Beatles

"I heard a Fly buzz — when I died"

Source: I heard a Fly buzz — when I died | Author: Emily Dickinson

"I just want your extra time and your...kiss."

Source: "Kiss" | Author: Prince

"I love you only because it's you the one I love"

Source: I Do Not Love You Except Because I Love You | Author: Pablo Neruda

"I saw you, Walt Whitman, childless, lonely old grubber, poking among the meats in the refrigerator and eyeing the grocery boys."

Source: A Supermarket in California | Author: Allen Ginsberg

"I see a red door and I want it painted black."

Source: Paint It Black | Speaker: The Rolling Stones

"I was cured all right!"

Source: A Clockwork Orange | Speaker: Alex DeLarge

"I'm Nobody! Who are you?
Are you — Nobody — too?"

Source: I'm Nobody! Who are you? | Author: Emily Dickinson

"If suddenly
you forget me
do not look for me,
for I shall already have forgotten you."

Source: If You Forget Me | Author: Pablo Neruda

"If you change your mind, I'm the first in line. Honey, I'm still free, take a chance on me."

Source: Take a Chance on Me | Speaker: ABBA

"In the future everybody will be world famous for fifteen minutes."

Source: Art exhibit at the Moderna Museet | Author: Andy Warhol

"It's a really big show tonight!"

Source: The Ed Sullivan Show | Speaker: Ed Sullivan

"It's just a jump to the left... and a step to the right."

Source: The Timewarp | Speaker: Narrator, The Rocky Horror Picture Show

"Jerome's in the house! Watch your mouth!"

Source: Martin | Speaker: Jerome

"Listen to them. Children of the night. What music they make."

Source: Dracula | Speaker: Dracula

"Live from New York; it's Saturday Night!"

Source: Saturday Night Live | Speaker: Various Saturday Night Live Cast Members

"Make it work."

Source: Project Runway | Speaker: Tim Gunn

"More cowbell."

Source: Saturday Night Live | Speaker: The Bruce Dickinson

"Non!"

Source: Silent Movie | Speaker: Marcel Marceau

"Of all the souls I have encountered in my travels, his was the most human."

Source: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan | Speaker: James Kirk

"Oh, there's an empty place in my bones that calls out for something unknown."

Source: Jack's Lament | Speaker: Jack Skellington

"Politics is the art of the possible."

Source: St. Petersburgische Zeitung | Author: Prince Otto von Bismarck

"Rollin' on the river"

Source: "Proud Mary" | Speaker: John Fogerty

"Second star to the right and straight on 'til morning."

Source: Peter Pan | Speaker: Peter Pan

"Shake it off."

Source: Shake It Off | Speaker: Taylor Swift

"She's a full-on Monet."

Source: Clueless | Speaker: Cher

"So, goodbye, yellow brick road."

Source: "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" | Speaker: Elton John

"Someday monkey won't play piano song, play piano song."

Source: "Michelle" | Speaker: The Beatles

"Tell all the truth but tell it slant"

Source: Tell all the truth but tell it slant— | Author: Emily Dickinson

"The calla lilies are in bloom again."

Source: Stage Door | Speaker: Terry Randall

"The rug really tied the room together."

Source: The Big Lebowski | Speaker: Walter Sobchak

"There are simply too many notes."

Source: Amadeus | Speaker: Emperor Joseph II

"There was something in the air that night, the stars were bright, Fernando."

Source: Fernando | Speaker: ABBA

"These go to 11."

Source: This Is Spinal Tap | Speaker: Nigel Tufnel

"This one time, at band camp…"

Source: American Pie | Speaker: Michelle Flaherty

"Time to make the donuts."

Source: Dunkin' Donuts commercial | Speaker: Fred the Baker

"Tin roof...rusted!"

Source: Love Shack | Speaker: The B-52's

"Troy and Abed in the morning!"

Source: Community | Speaker: Troy Barnes and Abed Nadir

"Two thumbs up."

Source: Siskel & Ebert & the Movies | Speaker: Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert

"Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing."

Source: To Kill a Mockingbird | Author: Harper Lee

"We are the world."

Source: We Are the World | Speaker: Every Famous Singer Ever

"We didn't need dialogue. We had faces."

Source: Sunset Boulevard | Speaker: Norma Desmond

"We dream in our waking moments, and walk in our sleep."

Source: The Scarlet Letter | Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne

"We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year."

Source: "Wish You Were Here" | Speaker: Pink Floyd

"We're on a mission from God."

Source: The Blues Brothers | Speaker: Elwood Blues

"What about love?"

Source: "What About Love" | Speaker: Heart

"When people ask me if I went to film school, I tell them, "No, I went to films.""

Source: Interview with Andrew Walker of BBC News | Speaker: Quentin Tarantino

"When you're reaching for a star, there's a long way to fall."

Source: Roxanne | Speaker: C.D. Bales

"Who are you wearing?"

Source: Joan Rivers, on the red carpet | Speaker: Joan Rivers

"Why fit in when you were born to stand out?"

Source: Unknown | Author: Dr. Seuss

"You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus."

Source: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court | Author: Mark Twain

"You know I read it in a magazine, oh-oh."

Source: Bennie and the Jets | Speaker: Elton John

"You know my hips don't lie."

Source: Hips Don't Lie | Speaker: Shakira

"You're a heartbreaker."

Source: Heartbreaker | Speaker: Pat Benatar

"You, my brown-eyed girl."

Source: Brown Eyed Girl | Speaker: Van Morrison