Art Quotes

"A work of art when truthfully produced is the most effective means of communicating truth."

"Everything that in a narrow sense has been called 'fine art' has its roots in the mode of social living."

"Art is the most direct and clear expression of absolute truth"

"Sublimity lies in the elevation of the spirit"

"The sublime reveals the limits of representation"

"Tragedy teaches through the collision of values"

"Comedy reveals the freedom of consciousness"

"Poetry is the highest form of art"

"The form determines the content in art"

"Art and science are two sides of the same coin."

"Art expresses what words cannot convey."

"Art is not the truth; it is a lie that enables us to realize the truth."

"Art belongs to us all. It is the expression of feeling through creation."

"Art elevates us by connecting us to the infinite through the finite"

"Art is the language of the infinite expressed through finite forms"

"The beautiful is a manifestation of secret natural laws which would have been hidden from us forever without art."

"The greatest respect an artist can pay to the public is to create nothing of compromise, to create nothing of mediocrity."

"The artist's task is to save the soul of mankind; and anything less is a dithering while Rome burns."

"Architecture is petrified music."

"Art is the sensuous presentation of truth."

"The artist reveals what others merely see but cannot perceive."

"Art teaches what science cannot: the language of the human soul and the poetry of existence."

"Each person is an artist of their own life, composing their character through daily choices and actions."

"Art is the means of celebrating the good in life."

"Art is as essential to a full human life as is science or anything else."

"Narrow individuality is incapable of creating great art."

"Art is the language of the soul when words fail to express truth."

"Art is the human appeal to the divine."

"The state is a work of art."

"Art expresses the age from which it springs."