Art Quotes

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

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"Art is truth told through lies, and lies are often more true than truth."
Russell Baker
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"Writing is about capturing the moment when someone's mask slips."
Jimmy Breslin
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"The most powerful thing we can do is tell stories that reveal the humanity in all of us."
Bill Moyers
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"Art does what science cannot: it speaks to the heart rather than the mind."
Bill Moyers
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"Art is the antidote to despair. It reminds us that beauty is possible."
Bill Moyers
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"It is impossible to imagine Goethe or Beethoven being good at billiards or golf."
Mike Royko
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"Art is the evidence that life is worth living."
Mike Royko
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"Music and art are languages that help us express what words cannot."
Fred Rogers
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"Art is the language of the soul."
Gayle King
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"Art is the voice of the voiceless."
Gayle King
"Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time."
Mike Wallace
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"The best stories are told with clarity, compassion, and conviction."
Scott Pelley
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"A good story takes you on a journey of understanding."
Scott Pelley
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"One of the primary functions of art is to help us recover our humanity."
Bill Moyers
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"Art reminds us that we are more than our circumstances."
Bill Moyers
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"Art is the voice of what cannot be spoken in ordinary language."
Bill Moyers
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"Art should disturb you, not comfort you."
Andy Rooney
"Art is the language of the soul."
Morley Safer
"Art is the immortality of emotion."
Morley Safer
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"Art is how we express what words cannot."
Gayle King
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"Great art challenges us to think differently."
Gayle King
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"The camera lens can reveal truth, but it can also distort it."
Scott Pelley
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"Television has the power to create empathy across great distances."
Scott Pelley
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"Great journalism exposes not just facts but the human experience."
Scott Pelley
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"Great stories remind us of our common humanity across all divides."
Scott Pelley
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"Stories are the currency of human connection and meaning."
Bill Moyers
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"Art holds up a mirror to society and asks us to look at what we see."
Bill Moyers
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"Art is how we express what words cannot."
Gayle King
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"The art of conversation is listening."
Andy Rooney
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"Art is the language that transcends all others."
Andy Rooney