Art Quotes
Beauty, expression, and the human need to create. Artists and thinkers on why art matters.
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"The most powerful performance is one where the performer vanishes and only truth remains."Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
"A true artist serves something greater than personal ambition."Ravi Shankar
"In every culture's music, we find the fingerprints of its soul."Ravi Shankar
"Music is the weapon of the future"Fela Kuti
"To be an artist is to be a voice for the voiceless"Fela Kuti
"Art is not decoration, it is documentation of the times"Fela Kuti
"Feel the vibration"Peter Tosh
"The word is sound and power"Peter Tosh
"In every song there is a story waiting to be told."Miriam Makeba
"When you sing from your soul, you touch the soul of others."Youssou N'Dour
"Art has the power to heal what words alone cannot."Youssou N'Dour
"The raag is like a journey through different emotional landscapes."Ravi Shankar
"Art should transcend boundaries and touch the universal human spirit."Ravi Shankar
"Every raag has its own personality and emotional character."Ravi Shankar
"The gift of music is that it speaks what the mind cannot express."Ravi Shankar
"Music is the tongue of the soul."Peter Tosh
"Art and music are weapons of truth and resistance."Peter Tosh
"I play music not just to entertain, but to awaken consciousness"Fela Kuti
"Art without a message is just decoration"Fela Kuti
"The artist's responsibility is to challenge society"Fela Kuti
"I create music that makes people think and act"Fela Kuti
"My art is my activism, my activism is my art"Fela Kuti
"The artist must be the conscience of society"Fela Kuti
"Art that doesn't challenge is merely entertainment"Fela Kuti
"My instrument is my voice for justice"Fela Kuti
"The only thing that matters is the music and the truth of the music"Bruce Springsteen
"The poetry of a man's life is in his work"Bruce Springsteen
"I write about real people and real situations"Bruce Springsteen
"I believe in the power of art to transform lives"Bruce Springsteen
"Don't compromise your artistic vision"Van Morrison