Art Quotes

Beauty, expression, and the human need to create. Artists and thinkers on why art matters.

21093 quotes

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"Art speaks when words fail"
Maxwell Klinger
C
"Art is how we express what words can't say."
Captain B.J. Hunnicutt
C
"Art is proof that the human spirit can't be completely destroyed."
Captain B.J. Hunnicutt
R
"Art is how people express their souls."
Radar O'Reilly
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"Art is how I survive this war without going completely insane."
Maxwell Klinger
M
"Every outfit tells a story; mine just happens to be more interesting than most."
Maxwell Klinger
C
"Art is how we make sense of the senseless."
Colonel Sherman Potter
C
"Art is proof that the human spirit cannot be broken by war."
Colonel Sherman Potter
R
"Art and music are what keep us human when everything else is ugly."
Radar O'Reilly
M
"Art is the only truth in a world full of lies."
Maxwell Klinger
M
"Art is how we show the world our inner truth."
Maxwell Klinger
C
"Art is truth made visible."
Colonel Sherman Potter
R
"Art expresses what words cannot."
Radar O'Reilly
C
"Art has the power to heal what medicine cannot."
Colonel Sherman Potter
C
"Art reflects the human condition better than any textbook."
Colonel Sherman Potter
F
"Proper medical technique is a form of art."
Frank Burns
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"I don't have time for art, but I appreciate those who do."
Margaret Houlihan
C
"Art is humanity's way of speaking when words fail."
Colonel Sherman Potter
C
"Art is the soul's way of speaking what the mind cannot articulate."
Colonel Sherman Potter
M
"Art is the soul's way of expressing what words cannot."
Margaret Houlihan
M
"Every person is a work of art, flawed and beautiful."
Margaret Houlihan
B
"There's an art to healing. It's about more than just medicine."
B.J. Hunnicutt
B
"There's art in everything, even in a field hospital."
B.J. Hunnicutt
M
"Art is what separates us from the animals."
Margaret Houlihan
M
"Art is the voice of the soul when words fail."
Margaret Houlihan
B
"I write letters home because sometimes words are the only escape we have."
B.J. Hunnicutt
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"If there's ever peace, I'll have nothing to write about."
Hawkeye Pierce
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"Art imitates life, but life imitates bad art."
Hawkeye Pierce
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"There's poetry in precision."
Margaret Houlihan
B
"Art in the midst of war is an act of defiance."
B.J. Hunnicutt