Art Quotes

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

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"The greatest art is the life well-lived."
Jorge Isaacs
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"Art without truth is merely decoration for emptiness."
Jorge Isaacs
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"Words have the power to resurrect what time tries to bury."
Tomás Carrasquilla
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"A story well-told can change the course of a heart."
Tomás Carrasquilla
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"Art is not decoration; it is documentation of the human condition."
Tomás Carrasquilla
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"The true artist creates not for fame but for truth."
Tomás Carrasquilla
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"Art is the revenge of the weak against the strong."
Fernando Vallejo
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"Art is the scream of those who cannot be heard."
Fernando Vallejo
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"Art is the expression of what we cannot say."
Juan Carlos Onetti
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"Art speaks the language that logic cannot."
Juan Carlos Onetti
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"Art is the conscience of humanity"
Rodolfo Walsh
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"The pen, when wielded with truth, can accomplish what armies cannot."
Alcides Arguedas
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"The artist's responsibility is to bear witness to the truth, however uncomfortable."
Alcides Arguedas
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"Art is the language of the soul when spoken words have been denied."
Alcides Arguedas
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"The pen of the writer can be sharper than any blade of the warrior."
Alcides Arguedas
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"Art is the last remaining form of truth in a world of lies."
Ernesto Sabato
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"Art is the scream of the human soul against indifference."
Ernesto Sabato
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"To write is to fight against silence, against the void."
Haroldo Conti
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"Every sentence is an act of rebellion."
Haroldo Conti
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"In art, we confess what we cannot say."
Haroldo Conti
"Art is not what you see, but what you make others see."
Gabriel García Márquez
"Every artist carries within themselves the beginning of all things."
Gabriel García Márquez
"Art is humanity's rebellion against the meaninglessness of existence."
Gabriel García Márquez
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"Writing is an act of defiance against oblivion."
Fernando Vallejo
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"To write is to commit treason against your own people."
Fernando Vallejo
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"Art must challenge comfort and comfort the challenged."
Fernando Vallejo
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"Art is the only remaining form of truth-telling."
Fernando Vallejo
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"The writer observes what others refuse to see."
Fernando Vallejo
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"Art exists to create discomfort in the comfortable."
Fernando Vallejo
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"Every word written is an act of defiance against death."
Fernando Vallejo