Art Quotes

"Art is not a mere ornament; it is a necessity of the soul."

"The grotesque is a bridge between the real and the transcendent."

"The only thing that can save the world is the reclaiming of the awareness of the world. That's what poetry does."

"Art is a kind of lie that tells the truth in a way that facts cannot."

"Artists are people who refuse to accept the world as it is."

"Passion is the genesis of genius."

"Art is the effort to make shells of the internal vision."

"What is the purpose of art? To answer the questions that cannot be answered in words."

"All art is an attempt to capture the ineffable."

"The universe speaks to us through art."

"Art is the conscience of the human race."

"Every artist gets what he deserves from the world he depicts."

"A good writer puts words together with care and intention."

"Art is the effort to make you understand the writer's feeling."

"The artist must accept isolation as the price of authentic creation."

"The artist's responsibility is to be honest, regardless of consequences."

"Art without suffering lacks the weight of authenticity."

"Art has the power to change hearts and minds in ways mere argument cannot."

"The hard part about being an artist is that you have to believe in yourself when no one else does."

"The so-called 'meaning' of art is whatever the artist intended it to be."

"Art has something to do with the achievement of stillness in the midst of chaos."

"Art supplies a record of human consciousness."

"The purpose of art is to distract us from the terrible."

"Art is the only honest thing there is. Everything else is compromise."

"Art should be irrelevant."

"All of culture is a protection against the sensible world."

"The best stories come from one's own suffering."

"Art is the one place where you can do absolutely anything."

"Art is the bridge between what we feel and what we can express."

"The artist's role is to reflect back to society what it refuses to see."