Aristotle Art Quotes

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

What did Aristotle say about Art?

Aristotle has written many quotes about Art. E.g.,

  • The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
  • Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.
  • Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.

What are the top most famous Art quotes by Aristotle?

Here are the top most famous quotes about Art by Aristotle.

  • The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
  • Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.
  • Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
  • Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good and for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim.
  • Homer has taught all other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.
  • It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.