Modigliani Art Quotes & Sayings

Happiness is an angel with a serious face — Amedeo Modigliani

The function of art is to struggle against obligation. — Amedeo Modigliani

Imitation of the art of earlier centuries, as that done by Picasso and Modigliani , is carried on not to perpetuate ancient values but to demonstrate that new aesthetic orders now prevail. — Harold Rosenberg

Every great work of art should be considered like any work of nature. First of all from the point of view of its aesthetic reality and then not just from its development and the mastery of its creation but from the standpoint of what has moved and agitated its creator. — Amedeo Modigliani