Art Quotes

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

21093 quotes

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"Art is the language spoken between a man and eternity."
Hadrian
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"To create beauty in a world of chaos is to rebel against time itself."
Hadrian
D
"I build to be remembered, not merely to be practical."
Domitian
D
"The marble I command to be carved will outlast my name."
Domitian
A
"Art elevates the soul in ways that words alone cannot achieve."
Antoninus Pius
A
"The artist's brush speaks what the tongue cannot express."
Antoninus Pius
A
"Art is the voice of the soul when words fail."
Antoninus Pius
A
"Art preserves the essence of a civilization for future generations."
Antoninus Pius
A
"Great art is the legacy that transcends the mortality of its creator."
Antoninus Pius
A
"Art is the immortal aspect of mortal creation."
Antoninus Pius
C
"Art, music, and spectacle are the chains that bind the masses."
Commodus
C
"I sculpt the future as others sculpt marble."
Commodus
C
"The artist serves the empire, not the reverse."
Commodus
"Art and culture are the soul of civilization."
Vespasian
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"In architecture, as in life, proportion and harmony are essential."
Hadrian
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"The arts elevate the spirit and define our civilization."
Hadrian
H
"The arts are the soul of civilization."
Hadrian
"Art is the mirror of the soul."
Nero
"Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time."
Nero
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"The finest art is that which elevates the human spirit."
Antoninus Pius
A
"The artist captures not the form of things, but their essence."
Antoninus Pius
D
"The spectacle distracts from the truth, and the truth from the spectacle."
Domitian
D
"The artist who serves the ruler paints not truth but propaganda."
Domitian
D
"The greatest art is the sculpture of men's minds through propaganda."
Domitian
C
"The greatest art is the art of making men bend to your will."
Commodus
C
"Art is the expression of the soul made visible."
Claudius
C
"Art is the mirror of the human spirit."
Claudius
"The arts elevate the soul of a nation above the brutality of survival."
Vespasian
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"Art is the soul speaking when words fail."
Titus
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"Art teaches us that limitations breed genius."
Titus