Art Quotes

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

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"I believe in the transformative power of art."
Isabella d'Este
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"The soul requires beauty as the body requires sustenance."
Isabella d'Este
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"Art is the perfection of nature."
Jean d'Alembert
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"Art imitates nature in her manner of operation."
Marsilio Ficino
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"Art elevates the spirit."
Marsilio Ficino
"Art and science are both expressions of the human quest to understand reality."
Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
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"Art is the mirror of the human spirit."
Poliziano Angelo
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"Art challenges us to see the world anew."
Poliziano Angelo
"Art is the language of those emotions that words alone cannot capture."
Émilie du Châtelet
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"Art is the expression of the soul's highest aspirations."
Pico della Mirandola
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"Art is the expression of the human spirit."
Giambattista della Porta
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"Art allows us to communicate beyond words."
Giambattista della Porta
"The greatest art is the art of survival."
Catherine de Medici
"The greatest art is the art of knowing when to stop."
Catherine de Medici
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"I have always believed that to collect is to live, and in collecting, we preserve the essence of civilization."
Isabella d'Este
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"Art is the language through which the divine speaks to human hearts."
Isabella d'Este
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"To patron the arts is to invest in the immortality of human civilization itself."
Isabella d'Este
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"The collection of art is the collection of human achievement across time and distance."
Isabella d'Este
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"Art is the human attempt to return to the divine source from which it springs."
Marsilio Ficino
"Language is the mirror of the human mind"
Giambattista Vico
"Art is the expression of the human soul"
Giambattista Vico
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"Poetry is the voice of the soul speaking to eternity."
Poliziano Angelo
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"Eloquence is the art of saying much in few words."
Poliziano Angelo
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"Language is the clothing of thought; style is the way we wear it."
Poliziano Angelo
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"The written word transcends the limits of time and space."
Poliziano Angelo
"One's life should be a work of art, deliberately composed."
Émilie du Châtelet
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"Art is the dialogue between the human spirit and the infinite."
Pico della Mirandola
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"Art without passion is decoration; art with passion is revelation."
Pico della Mirandola
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"Art is the human attempt to communicate what cannot be stated in mere words."
Giambattista della Porta
"I have seen that art is the truest reflection of a civilization's values."
Catherine de Medici