Art Quotes

Beauty, expression, and the human need to create. Artists and thinkers on why art matters.

21093 quotes

"We create culture that reflects our true humanity."
Black Panther Party
S
"Art should challenge the status quo, not reinforce it."
Shulamith Firestone
S
"Art that doesn't challenge is complicit."
Shulamith Firestone
A
"Art and music are forms of resistance and healing."
Assata Shakur
S
"Art must reflect the revolutionary consciousness of our time."
Shulamith Firestone
A
"Art can be a tool for resistance and a means of envisioning different possibilities."
Angela Y. Davis
A
"Art created by those in struggle carries messages of resilience."
Angela Y. Davis
A
"Art without conscience is merely decoration."
Andrea Dworkin
A
"We must create culture that reflects our actual lives and dreams."
Andrea Dworkin
A
"Art is how we make meaning from suffering."
Andrea Dworkin
G
"Art should never be a matter of technique alone; it should come from the heart."
Germaine Greer
G
"The whole of the world's great art is erotic."
Germaine Greer
A
"Art has always been the free man's first privilege."
Andrea Dworkin
b
"Art is where we process our humanity"
bell hooks
A
"Art has always been important. It's how we express what cannot be said."
Angela Y. Davis
A
"Art and activism are deeply intertwined."
Angela Y. Davis
A
"Art is a tool for consciousness-raising."
Angela Y. Davis
S
"The aestheticization of female suffering is a core tool of patriarchal control."
Shulamith Firestone
G
"Art is the lie that helps us see the truth."
Germaine Greer
G
"Art and literature are the ways we keep the past alive."
Germaine Greer
b
"Art is a tool for self-discovery and healing."
bell hooks
A
"Art must serve justice or it serves domination."
Andrea Dworkin
G
"Theater is the art form where you can speak to the moment you're living in."
Gloria Steinem
G
"Art is the evidence that life is worth living."
Gloria Steinem
A
"Art is a form of resistance that teaches us how to dream otherwise."
Angela Y. Davis
A
"Art provides a language for what cannot be said in ordinary discourse."
Angela Y. Davis
A
"The function of art is to make the invisible visible."
Angela Y. Davis
A
"Art is a weapon against despair and for hope."
Angela Y. Davis
A
"Art speaks to the soul in ways arguments cannot."
Angela Y. Davis
A
"Art is not decoration; it is revolution."
Angela Y. Davis