Art Quotes

"Numbers without narrative are meaningless"

"Art and science are not opposites; both seek to illuminate truth"

"Art expresses what numbers cannot"

"The art of survival is the first art; all others are secondary."

"Art and science are not separated by an unbridgeable gulf."

"Art captures what words cannot express."

"Art flourishes when artists can create without poverty constraining their vision."

"Every artist dips his brush in his own soul."

"Art and literature provide essential ways of understanding human experience."

"A society that values only what can be monetized loses something essential."

"Cultural values are embedded in institutions and vice versa."

"Art is the expression of the soul."

"Art speaks what words cannot."

"Cultural diversity should be celebrated as a source of human richness."

"Art expresses human values and enables us to see the world differently."

"Art expresses what economics cannot measure."

"Art challenges our assumptions."

"Cultural diversity should be celebrated as enriching, not threatening, to social cohesion."

"In my work, I have tried to show that economics, properly practiced, is as much an art as a science."

"Art reveals what numbers cannot express about human preference and meaning."

"Cultural capital—aesthetic knowledge and refinement—affects economic outcomes."

"Art and economics both reflect the human desire for meaning."

"Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time"

"Art captures what words cannot convey."

"In quantifying human progress, we often lose sight of what cannot be measured."

"In building a science of economics, we risk losing the art of understanding people."

"The relationship between national income and national happiness is an unsolved puzzle."

"National income figures are approximations of human reality, never its perfect representation."

"National income may rise while national morale falls; the statistics mask the stories."

"The appreciation of art, music, and literature reflects accumulated cultural capital."