Art Quotes
Beauty, expression, and the human need to create. Artists and thinkers on why art matters.
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"The human soul requires beauty and art as much as the body requires food and water."Hugo Münsterberg
"Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures."Elmer Sperry
"Art is the expression of the soul."Elmer Sperry
"The art of living is the art of avoiding pain."Charles Flint
"Art is the language of the soul that transcends words."Colby M. Chester
"Art is the expression of the inexpressible within us."Colby M. Chester
"The art of business is the art of human understanding."Elbert Gary
"The artist's struggle is the same as the industrialist's—to create something of lasting value."Elbert Gary
"Art is the language the soul speaks when words fail us."Charles Flint
"Art is the mirror of the soul of a civilization."Thomas J. Watson Sr.
"Art without purpose is decoration; art with purpose is revolution."Thomas J. Watson Sr.
"Art is the expression of what cannot be said in words."John C. Fremont
"Art elevates the human spirit above the mundane."John C. Fremont
"Art is the language of the soul when words fail us completely."Colby M. Chester
"Art disturbs the comfortable and comforts the disturbed."Colby M. Chester
"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."James Fisk
"Art is humanity's attempt to express what cannot be said in mere words."Charles Flint
"Art is the soul's conversation with eternity."Charles Flint
"Art and engineering are not opposites; both require vision and precision."Elmer Sperry
"Art is the language spoken by the soul when words fail."Colby M. Chester
"Art is the conversation between the artist and the eternal."Colby M. Chester
"Art teaches us that there are infinite ways to solve a single problem."Thomas J. Watson Sr.
"The theater taught me that life is performance; success is in the execution."James Fisk
"The greatest art is the art of knowing which rules to break and when."James Fisk
"To create is to participate in the divine act of bringing forth new worlds."Charles Flint
"Art and beauty are indulgences for the poor who need distraction."Jay Gould
"Art and science are not opposites; they are partners in the dance of creation."Elmer Sperry
"Art is the poetry of science, and science is the engine of art."Elmer Sperry
"I pursued business as an art form, crafting something beautiful and functional."Charles Crocker
"The beauty of the untamed world awakens something that civilization has put to sleep."John C. Fremont