Art Quotes
Beauty, expression, and the human need to create. Artists and thinkers on why art matters.
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"Ethical and aesthetical are one and the same."Ludwig Wittgenstein
"Art and science are not opposites; they are different expressions of the same human drive to understand and create."John B. Watson
"Eloquence is a painting of thought."Blaise Pascal
"Art is the response of man's creative soul to the beauty in the universe."Blaise Pascal
"Art imitates life, but life imitates the artist's vision."Blaise Pascal
"Beauty is subjective only because we have been conditioned to think so."John B. Watson
"Ethics and aesthetics are one and the same."Ludwig Wittgenstein
"A picture is laid against reality like a measure."Ludwig Wittgenstein
"Culture is like a big tree full of birds."Ludwig Wittgenstein
"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."Ludwig Wittgenstein
"Art has no function except in making us happy."Ludwig Wittgenstein
"Art is the soul of a nation speaking"Dear Abby
"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."Ann Landers
"Every artist dips his brush in his own soul."Ann Landers
"Art is the expression of the human desire to transcend the mundane."Alfred Adler
"To refrain from imitation is the best tribute to it."Blaise Pascal
"The art of life is to enjoy it."Russell Baker
"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."Ann Landers
"Art is the voice of the voiceless."Ann Landers
"The work of art is the object seen sub specie aeternitatis."Ludwig Wittgenstein
"A good picture is worth a thousand words, but a good word is worth a thousand pictures."Ludwig Wittgenstein
"Aesthetic problems are problems of aesthetics, not problems of life or death."Ludwig Wittgenstein
"In a certain sense I am an artist, not because I do things, but because I see."Ludwig Wittgenstein
"Ethics and aesthetics are one."Ludwig Wittgenstein
"A picture is a fact."Ludwig Wittgenstein
"The usefulness of a room comes from its emptiness."Lao Tzu
"Art is the soul of a nation."Jimmy Breslin
"Art challenges us to see differently."Jimmy Breslin
"Art is what separates us from the animals."Mike Royko
"Art is the expression of the soul."Mike Royko