Art is a form of catharsis

Quote by Dorothy Parker

Topics: Art Quotes

I can't talk about Hollywood. It was a horror to me when I was there...

I can't talk about Hollywood. It was a horror to me when I was there...

This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with...

This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with...

Prince, a precept I'd leave for you, Coined in Eden, existing yet: Skirt the parlor,...

Prince, a precept I'd leave for you, Coined in Eden, existing yet: Skirt the parlor,...

When your bank account is so overdrawn that it is positively photographic, steps must be...

When your bank account is so overdrawn that it is positively photographic, steps must be...

Four be the things I'd have been better without: love, curiosity, freckles and doubt.

Four be the things I'd have been better without: love, curiosity, freckles and doubt.

Sorrow is tranquillity remembered in emotion.

Sorrow is tranquillity remembered in emotion.

I'm never going to be famous. My name will never be writ large on the...

I'm never going to be famous. My name will never be writ large on the...

If you're going to write, don't pretend to write down. It's going to be the...

If you're going to write, don't pretend to write down. It's going to be the...

Misfortune, and recited misfortune especially, may be prolonged to the point where it ceases to...

Misfortune, and recited misfortune especially, may be prolonged to the point where it ceases to...

The only 'ism' Hollywood believes in is plagiarism.

The only 'ism' Hollywood believes in is plagiarism.

Gratitude - the meanest and most snivelling attribute in the world.

Gratitude - the meanest and most snivelling attribute in the world.

This novel is not to be tossed lightly aside, but to be hurled with great...

This novel is not to be tossed lightly aside, but to be hurled with great...

That woman speaks eight languages and can't say no in any of them.

That woman speaks eight languages and can't say no in any of them.

All those writers who write about their childhood! Gentle God, if I wrote about mine...

All those writers who write about their childhood! Gentle God, if I wrote about mine...

Money was made, not to command our will, But all our lawful pleasures to fulfill....

Money was made, not to command our will, But all our lawful pleasures to fulfill....

If you would learn what God thinks about money, you have only to look at...

If you would learn what God thinks about money, you have only to look at...

Hollywood money isn't money. It's congealed snow.

Hollywood money isn't money. It's congealed snow.

A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it...

A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it...

There is no more difficult art to acquire than the art of observation, and for...

There is no more difficult art to acquire than the art of observation, and for...

The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure.

The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure.