Art Quotes
Beauty, expression, and the human need to create. Artists and thinkers on why art matters.
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"The greatest art asks us to question what we believe to be true."Wallace Stevens
"Art requires consciousness; consciousness requires time."Jack Kerouac
"The beautiful thing about writing is that nothing is sacred."Jack Kerouac
"Art is the diary of a soul."Jack Kerouac
"Poetry is the clear expression of mixed feelings."Amy Lowell
"Technique is the test of sincerity."Amy Lowell
"The truest expression of a people is its dances and its music."Amy Lowell
"Art is the expression of the soul."Amy Lowell
"The poem is about seeing and understanding what is right in front of us."William Carlos Williams
"Art must be rooted in the real and the present moment."William Carlos Williams
"The language of poetry is the language of truth."William Carlos Williams
"The purpose of art is to awaken consciousness."William Carlos Williams
"Permit me to dispute the assumption that the artist is primarily concerned with the communication of ideas."Hart Crane
"I have been called a propagandist, but I prefer to think of myself as a poet."Hart Crane
"The artist must work with the materials of his age."Hart Crane
"The soul requires poetry the way the body requires food."Hart Crane
"Every poem is an attempt to transcend the limitations of language."Hart Crane
"The poet's task is to make the invisible visible."Hart Crane
"I seek to express what cannot be said in ordinary language."Hart Crane
"I write in order to re-discover myself."Hilda Doolittle
"The artist's task is to make the invisible visible."Hilda Doolittle
"The artist must be willing to stand alone."Hilda Doolittle
"The ordinary made extraordinary is the essence of art."Wallace Stevens
"Art is the attempt to express the inexpressible."Wallace Stevens
"In art, we express what cannot be said in words."Wallace Stevens
"Life is the art of making meaning from chaos."Wallace Stevens
"Beauty in simplicity is the greatest art."Fannie Hurst
"Art is the expression of the innermost self."Fannie Hurst
"Art speaks what words cannot."Fannie Hurst
"A poet is someone who is willing to die for their beliefs."Edna St. Vincent Millay