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