Art Quotes
Beauty, expression, and the human need to create. Artists and thinkers on why art matters.
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"Art is revolution."Arca
"Art demands total commitment."Arca
"Every creation is a reflection of the creator."Arca
"Art is the space where we meet ourselves."Arca
"To create is to transcend."Arca
"Art is conversation with the divine."Arca
"Creation is therapy."Arca
"Art is the bridge between worlds."Arca
"Art demands we feel everything."Arca
"Everything we do is music."John Cage
"The question is not 'what do we want to communicate?' but 'what do we want to happen?'"John Cage
"Art's purpose is to imitate nature in her manner of operation."John Cage
"Art should be a vehicle for awakening the senses."John Cage
"Theater takes place all the time, wherever one is."John Cage
"I'd like to eliminate the difference between the audience and the artist."John Cage
"The job of the composer is to observe life itself."John Cage
"Art is not what you see, but what you make others see."John Cage
"Art is a tool for growth; it teaches us about ourselves."John Cage
"The man who pursues any art merely for the sake of gold is no true artist."Andrew Carnegie
"Art is a way of knowing that goes beyond rational understanding."Pauline Oliveros
"Every person is a unique instrument waiting to be played."Pauline Oliveros
"The act of creation requires a balance of listening and doing."Pauline Oliveros
"Performance becomes transcendent when the performer listens to the audience."Pauline Oliveros
"Stories are the currency of human interaction."Laurie Anderson
"What makes something a work of art is intention."Laurie Anderson
"The more specific you are, the more universal it becomes."Laurie Anderson
"I think about absence as much as presence."Laurie Anderson
"Nothing is ever really finished, just abandoned."Laurie Anderson
"I think art is a way of making sense of the world."Laurie Anderson
"Everything we do is an act of communication."Laurie Anderson