Art Quotes

"The great work of art is that which impels us to imagine a new humanity."

"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."

"Humanity is delivered when beauty is no longer dismissed as an ornament or luxury."

"Poetry is the science of the imagination, the first expression of truth."

"Art and beauty elevate the human spirit to contemplation of the divine."

"The legacy of a civilization lies in its works of art and literature."

"Art is the expression of the soul's truth."

"Art is the mirror in which we see our own humanity."

"The highest art is the art of living well."

"A people without poetry is a people without a soul."

"Every culture is a unique expression of the human spirit."

"Art is the language that transcends all boundaries of nation and creed."

"The beauty of language lies in its capacity to express the inexpressible."

"Beauty in art reveals the beauty in truth itself."

"Art transcends politics, but politics shapes the conditions in which art flourishes."

"The stage is the best pulpit for teaching morals and virtues."

"Art is the only serious thing in the world, and the artist is the only person who takes life seriously."

"Life is serious, but art is joyful."

"Through art we feel the infinite touching the finite."

"The greatest art is the art of living well."

"The artist and the mathematician speak the same language—proportion."

"In art, as in life, constraints often produce the greatest beauty."

"One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words."

"To take no thought of one's body and to be entirely absorbed in some work of intellect or art is the highest form of joy."

"Art is the effort of man to express, not to expose, his sense of the Universe."

"Art elevates the human spirit above mere survival."

"Art is the expression of the inexpressible."

"Art and literature serve as windows into the human condition that transcend the limitations society places upon us."

"Culture is the flower of a people's soul."

"Art is the expression of the soul's deepest yearnings."