Art Quotes
Beauty, expression, and the human need to create. Artists and thinkers on why art matters.
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"I'd rather be a bad artist than a good politician."Kathy Acker
"Art should make you uncomfortable because that's when you're actually thinking."Kathy Acker
"Art is the only honest language."Kathy Acker
"Art that doesn't challenge anything isn't really art."Kathy Acker
"Art exists in the space between meaning and meaninglessness."Kathy Acker
"Art is what remains when everything else fails."Kathy Acker
"Art that doesn't hurt isn't worth making."Kathy Acker
"Art is the language of the unspeakable."Kathy Acker
"Art should make you question your right to exist."Kathy Acker
"Art is what makes life worth the pain."Kathy Acker
"Art that doesn't confuse you isn't teaching you anything."Kathy Acker
"Art is the only response to a broken world."Kathy Acker
"Art is the response to the demand for entertainment, for the stimulation of our senses and imagination."Mahatma Gandhi
"The poet is a light and a flame"Rubén Darío
"Art is the supreme expression of human spirit"Rubén Darío
"The poet speaks for the voiceless"Rubén Darío
"Art celebrates human existence"Rubén Darío
"Art demands that we see what others have learned to ignore."Jorge Edwards
"The artist sees not what is, but what could be."Jorge Edwards
"The artist's struggle is humanity's struggle made visible."Jorge Edwards
"Magic realism is not about the fantastic; it is about seeing the profound mystery in everyday life."Miguel Ángel Asturias
"Culture is the breath of a people; without it, they suffocate."Miguel Ángel Asturias
"In the hands of a true artist, even pain becomes beauty."Miguel Ángel Asturias
"Art is the rebellion of the soul against the tyranny of reason."Miguel Ángel Asturias
"Poetry is the language of the soul's deepest longings."Gioconda Belli
"Art is the bridge between what we feel and what we know."Gioconda Belli
"Art is where truth goes when it cannot speak directly."Gioconda Belli
"The greatest fine art of the future will be the making of a comfortable living from a small piece of land."Abraham Lincoln
"Plagiarism is a form of honesty."Kathy Acker
"The job of the artist is to make revolution irresistible."Kathy Acker