Art Quotes
Beauty, expression, and the human need to create. Artists and thinkers on why art matters.
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"Art without truth is decoration; truth without art is merely documentation."Almeida Garrett
"Art exists because reality is unbearable."Eça de Queirós
"Art is the scream of those who cannot speak."Eça de Queirós
"Art is the language that transcends all boundaries of nation and time."Alexandre Herculano
"To create beauty in a world of pain is the noblest of all human endeavors."Alexandre Herculano
"Art is the reconstitution of things as they are."Fernando Pessoa
"The best way to understand ourselves is through art."Fernando Pessoa
"All art is a kind of confession."Fernando Pessoa
"The only way to truth is through art."Fernando Pessoa
"Art is the language of the soul."Fernando Pessoa
"Art is the expression of what society forbids us to speak."José María de Eça de Queirós
"Art is the lie that makes us realize truth."José María de Eça de Queirós
"Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth."John Banville
"Art imitates life, life imitates art."John Banville
"Art imitates life, but life is far more absurd than any art."Eça de Queirós
"Art is the only honest lie we allow ourselves."Saramago
"Art is the soul's conversation with the infinite."Luís de Camões
"The artist who does not challenge convention serves only habit."Luís de Camões
"Art is the only true rebellion against the mediocrity of existence."José María de Eça de Queirós
"Art is the reconstitution of things as they might be rather than as they are."Fernando Pessoa
"Mountains are poetry and beauty are the best company."Fernando Pessoa
"A poesia é a linguagem do coração que a razão não consegue expressar."Almeida Garrett
"Art is the expression of what words cannot contain."Padraig Colum
"Art touches something sacred in the human spirit."Padraig Colum
"Art doesn't imitate life; it interprets it."John Banville
"Art is the space where meaning fails and begins again."John Banville
"Art exists in the space between intention and accident."John Banville
"The artist's hand channels the dreams of the divine through earthly form."Luís de Camões
"Art is the mirror held up to show society what it truly is."Eça de Queirós
"Art is the language of those who cannot speak to power directly."Eça de Queirós