Art Quotes

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

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"Art is the expression of the soul seeking to communicate with other souls."
Annie Besant
H
"Art is the expression of the soul's yearning for the divine."
Helena Blavatsky
"Art is the expression of the soul seeking to understand itself."
Ram Dass
P
"Art and science are not in opposition but in collaboration."
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
P
"Art expresses what words cannot."
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
P
"Art is the answer to the question which cannot be asked."
Paul Tillich
P
"The power of symbols is that they communicate what words cannot."
Paul Tillich
R
"Art is the bridge between what we see with our eyes and what we feel in our hearts."
Rudolf Steiner
R
"Through artistic activity, we heal both ourselves and the world around us."
Rudolf Steiner
R
"The artist is one who sees what others do not and expresses it for the benefit of all."
Rudolf Steiner
"Art is the language of the soul."
Annie Besant
"Art elevates consciousness and expands awareness."
Annie Besant
H
"Art is the reflection of the soul's aspiration."
Helena Blavatsky
W
"The most universal principle of art is that some interest in the subject is necessary."
William James
P
"Art is the realm of beauty."
Paul Tillich
P
"Symbols open up dimensions of reality otherwise closed to us."
Paul Tillich
P
"Art participates in the truth of being."
Paul Tillich
P
"The aesthetic dimension of existence is not secondary to the ethical."
Paul Tillich
P
"The artist is a priest of the visible world."
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
P
"The artist sees what others have not yet learned to perceive."
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
F
"Art raises its head where creeds relax."
Friedrich Nietzsche
R
"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."
Rudolf Steiner
R
"Art education develops faculties that analytical training alone cannot cultivate."
Rudolf Steiner
R
"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."
Rudolf Steiner
P
"Art opens up dimensions of human experience otherwise inaccessible."
Paul Tillich
P
"The depth of a painting reveals itself only to contemplation."
Paul Tillich
P
"Art reveals dimensions of reality that reason alone cannot access"
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
W
"The art of being wise is in knowing what to overlook and what to emphasize."
William James
W
"The true scientist and the true artist have both to do with essences, not appearances."
William James
R
"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."
Rudolf Steiner