Art Quotes
Beauty, expression, and the human need to create. Artists and thinkers on why art matters.
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"Awrt is the pewfect pewfection of the human spiwit."Elmer Fudd
"Awrt iwsew ewvewiewdewencewew owf thewew suwbliewmewew."Elmer Fudd
"Art, true art, speaks to something eternal in the human spirit."Jedediah Leland
"Art is the testimony of what we felt when we were alive."Jedediah Leland
"Singing was my escape from everything."Susan Alexander
"He wanted to control my voice, my art, my soul."Susan Alexander
"I wanted to sing, not to be a monument."Susan Alexander
"My voice was my only true possession."Susan Alexander
"My voice deserved better than to be his trophy."Susan Alexander
"My voice was meant to touch people's hearts, not stroke his ego."Susan Alexander
"My voice was beautiful, but he made me hate it."Susan Alexander
"We didn't need dialogue. We had faces."Norma Desmond
"The camera loved me. It always loved me."Norma Desmond
"I wanted to be a writer. Instead, I became a hack."Joe Gillis
"I wrote for money, not for art. That was my first mistake."Joe Gillis
"I wanted to matter, to create something real. Instead, I created garbage."Joe Gillis
"In the cinema, nothing is real except the light upon the screen."Max von Mayerling
"I believe in the permanence of art and the transience of all else."Max von Mayerling
"The cinema is a dream factory. Some of us merely tend the machinery."Max von Mayerling
"Art is not just about beauty; it's about truth."Charles Foster Kane
"Art speaks to the soul in ways words cannot."Charles Foster Kane
"Art is the mirror of society's deepest wounds."Jedediah Leland
"Art asks the questions that cannot be answered."Jedediah Leland
"Art and warfare share one essential truth: they both require vision."Captain Love
"The artist and the swordsman both seek to create something that outlives them."Captain Love
"Art immortalizes the moment; war destroys it."Captain Love
"Art should come from the heart, not from obligation."Susan Alexander
"He tried to make me into art, but I was always just a person."Susan Alexander
"We didn't need dialogue. We had faces then."Norma Desmond
"New pictures? I don't need new pictures. I am the picture."Norma Desmond