Art Quotes

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

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"The art of living well is the greatest art of all."
Giovan Battista della Porta
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"The beauty of art lies in its ability to speak what words alone cannot express."
Christine de Pizan
"Art is the visible manifestation of the invisible truths that dwell within the human spirit."
Juan Luis Vives
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"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."
Francesco Petrarch
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"The elegance of a solution is often more important than its mere correctness."
Nicola Fontana Tartaglia
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"Those who understand proportion understand the harmony of all things."
Nicola Fontana Tartaglia
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"Those who understand proportion understand the art of living well."
Nicola Fontana Tartaglia
"Art is the daughter of freedom."
Gerolamo Cardano
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"The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery."
Francis Bacon
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"The greatest art is to appear artless."
Baltasar Gracián
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"The art of conversation is the art of being agreeable."
Baltasar Gracián
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"Art is the intermediary between man and nature."
Francesco Petrarch
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"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."
Francesco Petrarch
"Art is the expression of the inexpressible."
Juan Luis Vives
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"The art of living well requires the same precision as the art of mathematics."
Matteo Ricci
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"The art of living well is learned, not inherited."
Matteo Ricci
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"The pursuit of beauty in art and literature elevates the human soul above mere survival."
Christine de Pizan
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"In the creation of beauty, women fulfill a purpose as necessary as any other."
Christine de Pizan
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"Art and mathematics are but two languages describing the same beauty."
Nicola Fontana Tartaglia
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"To create beauty through understanding is the highest human calling."
Nicola Fontana Tartaglia
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"The greatest art is to conceal your art."
Baltasar Gracián
"The arts and sciences are not enemies but partners in the pursuit of human understanding."
Gerolamo Cardano
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"Art captures the beauty that science explains."
Niccolò Copernicus
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"Art is the expression of the soul made visible."
Niccolò Copernicus
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"To create beauty through the arrangement of letters is to touch the divine."
Johannes Gutenberg
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"Printing is the art of making thoughts eternal."
Johannes Gutenberg
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"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."
Raphael Sanzio
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"The art of living well is the greatest art."
Raphael Sanzio
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"Art is the expression of the divine."
Raphael Sanzio
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"Art and science are not enemies; they are allies."
Giordano Bruno