Art Quotes

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

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"A true artist never truly dies."
Norma Desmond
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"This house is my monument."
Norma Desmond
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"The stage demands perfection. I was perfection."
Norma Desmond
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"The pictures made me. They unmade me."
Norma Desmond
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"The camera saw my soul. Now it sees nothing."
Norma Desmond
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"I wanted to write something that mattered. Instead, I wrote garbage."
Joe Gillis
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"The real art is in knowing what not to say."
Joe Gillis
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"Art reflects the soul of a culture."
Elena Montero
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"Art is the expression of the inexpressible."
Elena Montero
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"I've often thought that if I hadn't been a newspaper publisher, I might have been a great artist."
Charles Foster Kane
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"Art and music are the languages of the heart."
Zorro
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"Through art, the voiceless find their voice."
Zorro
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"I was a singer, you know. A real singer."
Susan Alexander
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"Art should come from the heart, not from a checkbook."
Susan Alexander
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"I tried to find beauty in my suffering."
Susan Alexander
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"I was singing notes, not from my soul."
Susan Alexander
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"Art is the soul's confession."
Jedediah Leland
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"Art is truth told through beauty."
Jedediah Leland
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"A director makes only one masterpiece. Then he's through."
Norma Desmond
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"Art requires sacrifice, always."
Norma Desmond
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"The camera sees the truth in a face."
Norma Desmond
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"I will remain young forever through my work."
Norma Desmond
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"I create art that transcends mere entertainment."
Norma Desmond
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"Art is the language of the soul when words fail us."
Elena Montero
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"Art transcends language and speaks directly to the soul."
Elena Montero
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"Art and swordplay require the same discipline and passion."
Zorro
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"Art expresses what the sword cannot speak."
Zorro
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"The whole thing makes quite a picture."
Charles Foster Kane
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"Art and truth rarely occupy the same space."
Jedediah Leland
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"Art is the lie we tell to approach the truth."
Jedediah Leland