Art Quotes

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

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"Art is what makes life worth living, even when it's completely incomprehensible."
John Oliver
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"The power of storytelling is that it connects us across all divides."
Trevor Noah
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"Art is the mirror society holds up to itself."
Trevor Noah
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"I love the smell of cars; they have a smell that you just don't get in a hybrid."
Jay Leno
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"Art is anything you can get away with."
Ricky Gervais
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"Art is subjective. That's what makes it beautiful."
Ricky Gervais
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"Physical comedy is all about the performance and the commitment to the bit."
Rowan Atkinson
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"I believe in the power of physical expression to communicate complex emotions."
Rowan Atkinson
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"I value the profound in the playful and silly."
Rowan Atkinson
"Art is just showing people what's already there but from a weird angle."
Jimmy Kimmel
"Art is humanity's way of saying 'I existed and I mattered.'"
John Oliver
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"Acting taught me that we're all playing roles. The trick is to be authentic within the role you're playing."
Hugh Laurie
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"Art is the language we use to communicate what cannot be said in words."
Hugh Laurie
"Art is how we express the inexpressible."
Miranda Hart
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"I find that the most rewarding thing about acting is connecting with an audience in a way that transcends words."
Rowan Atkinson
"Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable."
John Oliver
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"Art is the language of the soul."
Trevor Noah
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"There's no business like show business."
David Letterman
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"I think that the arts are very important."
David Letterman
"Art is just someone saying 'this is how I see the world'"
Jimmy Kimmel
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"Art, in any form, is about expressing what words can't always capture."
Jay Leno
"In comedy, you take real situations and exaggerate them."
Conan O'Brien
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"Art is not what you see, but what you make others see."
Craig Ferguson
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"Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time."
Craig Ferguson
"There's a reason comedians make good social commentators—we're just angrier poets."
John Oliver
"Art is how humans express what's inside when words fail."
Jimmy Kimmel
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"Comedy is about finding the humanity in people, even when they're doing terrible things."
Trevor Noah
"Creativity flourishes when you give yourself permission to experiment."
Conan O'Brien
"Art is the lies we tell to tell the truth."
Garry Shandling
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"Comedy is about timing and understanding human nature."
Jay Leno