Art Quotes

"Art is not what you see, but what you make others see."

"The greatest art is the art of living."

"The artist's brush becomes the instrument of the soul's deepest yearnings."

"Fiction allows us to slide into other skins and to have adventures that are not only imaginative but deeply empathetic."

"Art is a conversation between the artist and the viewer."

"The artist's task is to reveal what others cannot see."

"Art is democracy in its purest form."

"Art is the recreation of things as they might be."

"The greatest art is the art of living without purpose."

"Art is the only honest thing we have, the only way to tell the truth through beautiful lies."

"Art teaches us to see the world as if for the first time, every single time."

"Art is the attempt to express the inexpressible."

"Art is not the imitation of nature, but the interpretation of it."

"Art is the mirror in which we see ourselves most clearly."

"A poet's business is not to save the people's souls, but to save the people's imaginations from atrophy and death."

"The artist sees what others merely look at."

"The artist's gift is to show us what we have failed to see."

"Art is not decoration for your apartment. It is war."

"Art is the language through which the soul speaks what words cannot express."

"To be a poet is to have a soul so quick to perceive"

"Art is the effort of man to express not his relation to nature but his relation to God"

"A poet's job is to make words sing"

"The purpose of art is not to decorate walls but to touch souls"

"The artist is someone who mistakes confusion for clarity."

"Art is the only democracy we truly possess."

"All art is autobiography, whether we admit it or not."

"Art is the conversation between the soul and itself."

"Art is the only honest conversation with eternity."

"Art is the revenge of the soul against the world."

"Art is the currency of those who have nothing else to give."