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