Art Quotes
Beauty, expression, and the human need to create. Artists and thinkers on why art matters.
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"Every authentic work of art is an act of rebellion."Pier Paolo Pasolini
"The greatest art emerges from the greatest suffering."Pier Paolo Pasolini
"Art is the only mirror that tells the truth."Pier Paolo Pasolini
"The true measure of a writer is not what he says, but what he makes others feel."Elio Vittorini
"Art demands honesty, and honesty demands courage."Elio Vittorini
"Every act of creation is an act of resistance against the ordinary."Elio Vittorini
"Art is the conversation between the artist and future generations."Elio Vittorini
"Art preserves what would otherwise be forgotten."Primo Levi
"The artist sees what others cannot yet perceive."Dino Buzzati
"The artist must be willing to bleed upon the canvas."Dino Buzzati
"The artist creates not to be remembered, but to remember themselves."Dino Buzzati
"The artist's task is not to represent what is, but to discover what might be."Italo Svevo
"Art is the rebellion against the world as it is."Elsa Morante
"Art must serve truth, not comfort."Elsa Morante
"Art is a lie that makes us realize truth at least the truth that is given us to understand."Umberto Eco
"The list is the origin of culture. It's part of the history of art."Umberto Eco
"The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls."Umberto Eco
"Art imitates life, and life imitates art."Umberto Eco
"The bourgeoisie fear art because it reveals their contradictions."Pier Paolo Pasolini
"The artist documents what society wishes to forget."Primo Levi
"Perhaps the only thing to do is to start a story, before or after."Italo Calvino
"Writing is the art of creating worlds within the world."Italo Calvino
"The art of storytelling is the art of making the invisible visible."Italo Calvino
"What remains when all is said and done is the story."Italo Calvino
"Art exists to remind us that beauty persists even in the darkest corners of human experience."Elsa Morante
"Art is the language of those who cannot speak"Italo Svevo
"Art without pain is mere decoration"Italo Svevo
"Art is the last refuge of the honest"Italo Svevo
"Poetry is not a luxury, it is a vital necessity of our existence."Cesare Pavese
"Every epoch has its own poetry; what matters is to perceive it."Cesare Pavese