Art Quotes
Beauty, expression, and the human need to create. Artists and thinkers on why art matters.
21093 quotes
"Art is the language of the soul."Marianne Moore
"A poem should not mean, but be."Edna St. Vincent Millay
"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."Edna St. Vincent Millay
"Art should serve humanity and advance social progress."Charlotte Perkins Gilman
"Patterns are the essence of art."Amy Lowell
"The real purpose of poetry is to reveal the connection between the seen and unseen worlds."Amy Lowell
"Art is the response to the demand for entertainment, for the stimulation of our senses."Amy Lowell
"To create is to participate in the divine act of making something from nothing."Amy Lowell
"Art is the language of the soul when words fail."Fannie Hurst
"The poet is the priest of the invisible."Wallace Stevens
"Poetry is the supreme fiction, by which we live."Wallace Stevens
"Everything, everything must come to life in poetry."Wallace Stevens
"A poem need not have a meaning and like most things in nature often does not."Wallace Stevens
"The poet's role is to help people live their lives."Wallace Stevens
"The relation of art to life remains always uncertain."Wallace Stevens
"The purpose of poetry is to make life complete in itself."Wallace Stevens
"The poet must be free from purpose."Wallace Stevens
"Poetry is the establishment of a new reality."Wallace Stevens
"The purpose of the poet is not to create beauty, but truth."Wallace Stevens
"Poetry must be like a walk, not a destination."Wallace Stevens
"Art is the language of the soul, speaking truths that words cannot convey."Kate Chopin
"Art allows us to see the world through different eyes."Kate Chopin
"Writing allowed me to give voice to those whom society had rendered silent."Mary Wilkins Freeman
"To write is to bear witness to the human condition in all its complexity."Mary Wilkins Freeman
"The courage of the poet is to keep alight the spiritual fire."Edna St. Vincent Millay
"To hold a pen is to be at war."Edna St. Vincent Millay
"I sing the body electric."Edna St. Vincent Millay
"Art is the only way to express the inexpressible."Edna St. Vincent Millay
"Art mirrors our deepest selves back to us."Fannie Hurst
"Art is the language of the soul given form."Fannie Hurst