Art Quotes

"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."

"Art expresses the human soul in ways that transcend ordinary speech."

"The greatest art is the art of living well."

"Art is the language of the soul."

"Art elevates humanity above the mundane."

"Art at its best points us beyond itself toward transcendent truth and beauty."

"Art without truth is decoration; truth without art is mere doctrine."

"Art expresses what cannot be said in words and what must be felt in the heart."

"The art of living well is the mastery of choosing wisely."

"We need to remember that the arts are important."

"Art speaks where words fail and touches souls where logic cannot reach."

"The artist's role is to reveal what the eye has yet to see."

"If you want to make an audience laugh, you have to make fun of something they care about."

"Telling jokes is like defusing a bomb."

"Art is the expression of the eternal through the medium of the temporal."

"The role of a comedian is to make people laugh, at minimum."

"The role of the artist is to disturb the comfortable and comfort the disturbed."

"The sicker the material, the better I can make it."

"Satire is tragedy plus time."

"I feel that the obligation of the artist is to enlighten."

"The role of art is to shake people awake."

"The role of the artist is to make people think."

"Comedy is the only honest art form."

"I always want to play a character with a disease because I think it's very, very interesting to explore those parts of character."

"I try to make my work relevant and beautiful and deeply humane."

"You can understand comedy, but you can't do comedy unless you have a certain rhythm in your brain."

"I realized that comedians of the sixties were doing something different than what I was doing."

"I want to make people think and laugh at the same time."

"Comedy is there to make us think and feel."

"I love that you can watch a movie and forget about your problems for a couple hours."