Art Quotes

"Art is the revelation of the human soul."

"Art is the manifestation of the infinite through the finite."

"The poet is a light and a ragged wing."

"Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize truth."

"The theater is the only truth; the rest is lies we tell ourselves."

"The artist is the thief of beauty, and beauty is the master's gift."

"I paint with words what others paint with color."

"The work of art is not complete; it is only ended."

"El arte es la expresión del alma"

"Art arises from the friction between desire and denial."

"The artist must accept the role of outcast to achieve authenticity."

"In art, we confess what we dare not speak aloud."

"Art is the voice of those whom society has silenced."

"The artist traffics in forbidden truths."

"The practice of literature is the practice of freedom."

"My task is not to narrate life; it is to narrate the distance from myself to life."

"Art is a form of justice."

"Every book is a unique window into the world of the author's mind."

"Poetry should surprise us; if it merely pleases us, it has failed."

"Art is the conversation between the artist and eternity."

"The poet's task is to make the invisible visible."

"Art transforms pain into beauty."

"El arte es la expresión del alma que rebasa las palabras."

"The eye which follows harmony is a more perfect instrument than the tongue which speaks it"

"Art is the expression of those thoughts we lack the courage to speak"

"The purpose of art is not to beautify the world but to awaken the conscience."

"El arte es la expresión del alma humana."

"El arte noble es el que toca el corazón."

"The artist is a vessel of emotions that come from all around, from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web."

"The guitar speaks what words cannot express."