Art Quotes

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

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"Art is not about perfection of the body, but liberation of the spirit."
Christy Brown
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"Art is the language of the soul when words fail."
Christy Brown
"Art begins where nature ends."
Frank O'Connor
"The greatest art comes from our greatest suffering."
Frank O'Connor
"Art is the conversation between the artist and the viewer."
Frank O'Connor
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"We must learn to see the poetry in ordinary things."
Seán Ó Faoláin
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"Art is the language of the soul when words fail."
Seán Ó Faoláin
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"To be an artist is to see what others overlook."
Seán Ó Faoláin
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"Art cannot be talked about; it must be experienced."
Sean O'Casey
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"The artist speaks what others can only feel."
Sean O'Casey
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"Art is the soul's expression made visible."
Sean O'Casey
"To be a poet is to have a soul so quick to perceive that no shade of quality escapes it."
Patrick Kavanagh
"Art begins where certainty ends."
Patrick Kavanagh
"Art is what makes life worth living."
Douglas Coupland
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"The end of art is peace."
Seamus Heaney
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"The poet is the guardian of language."
Seamus Heaney
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"Art and life are not separate things."
Seamus Heaney
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"The poet must be willing to be transformed by their work."
Seamus Heaney
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"The form of a poem is part of its meaning."
Seamus Heaney
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"The value of a poem lies not in what it says but in how it makes us feel."
Seamus Heaney
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"A poem should surprise both the writer and the reader."
Seamus Heaney
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"A poem succeeds when it feels inevitable."
Seamus Heaney
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"I'm told by the girls that I'm a beautiful writer."
Brendan Behan
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"To put it another way, I am a writer."
Brendan Behan
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"I prefer to think of my writing as a luxury."
Brendan Behan
"A good story doesn't need explanations; it reveals itself through its characters."
Frank O'Connor
"A community without storytellers is a community without soul."
Frank O'Connor
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"Art is the language spoken by those whom the world has silenced."
Christy Brown
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"Writing was my way of telling the world that I existed, that I mattered."
Christy Brown
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"Art is the effort of man to express his perception of beauty."
Sean O'Casey