Art Quotes

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

21093 quotes

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"The best gags are invisible to the audience."
Buster Keaton
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"Art without risk is just decoration."
Buster Keaton
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"Art should provoke thought, not just approval."
Buster Keaton
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"I prefer to show rather than tell."
Buster Keaton
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"A true artist never compromises on quality."
Buster Keaton
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"Art is the only thing worth dying for."
Buster Keaton
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"Art should be democratic, not elitist."
Buster Keaton
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"Art reminds us of our shared humanity across all boundaries."
Nancy Cantor
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"Art is the language of the soul."
Nancy Cantor
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"Actors should be children. They should be willing to learn and willing to take direction."
W.C. Fields
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"Silence may be golden, but my comedy speaks volumes without a word."
Buster Keaton
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"The camera sees everything, so give it nothing but your authenticity."
Buster Keaton
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"A great performer makes the impossible look easy and the easy look impossible."
Buster Keaton
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"Art should never explain itself; it should make people feel."
Buster Keaton
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"Every frame is a sentence in the story your body is telling."
Buster Keaton
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"Every interpretation is an act of creation."
George Kelly
"Art expresses human experience, but should not replace honest self-examination."
Albert Ellis
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"Art is the expression of disciplined imagination."
Walter Mischel
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"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."
Robert McCrae
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"Art is the expression of the human spirit."
Robert McCrae
"Art is a powerful medium for expressing and processing emotions."
Albert Ellis
"Art therapy works because expression itself is healing."
Albert Ellis
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"We create our own meaning through the process of construction and reconstruction."
George Kelly
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"The richness of human experience comes from the infinite ways we can interpret it."
George Kelly
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"Defusion is the art of noticing without being captured."
Steven Hayes
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"Art is the language of the soul when words are not enough."
Aaron Beck
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"Art without emotion is craft; craft with soul becomes art."
Aaron Beck
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"Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time."
Costa Paul
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"High openness individuals are drawn to art, music, and literature as outlets for their need for stimulation."
Robert McCrae
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"Extraversion and creativity are strongly linked; many creative fields attract extraverts."
Robert McCrae