Art Quotes

"Art is the expression of the soul."

"The role of the artist is to make the revolution irresistible."

"Art is resistance."

"Art speaks where words fail."

"A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness."

"The figure a poem makes. It begins in delight and ends in wisdom."

"Poetry is a way of saying things that cannot be said."

"You marvel at the economy of words. How much better you say it, for much less."

"You rely on a sentence sense, gesture sense, temper, and a sense of carelessness, almost."

"Writing has saved my life and continues to be my greatest teacher and healer."

"The act of writing is itself a form of prayer, a conversation with the sacred."

"The object of art is to produce a new kind of object."

"Art is the voice of the voiceless."

"Art by Americans, about Americans, and especially art by Black Americans, was very much acceptable."

"Our task is always to make the invisible visible."

"I came to understand that in fiction we often discover truths denied us in life."

"The artist's duty is to illuminate the human condition."

"Art should be in service of the liberation of our people."

"Art must serve the people, not abstract ideals divorced from their struggles."

"The artist's duty is to illuminate the darkness, not to hide within it."

"Art is the special creation of genius, which requires the highest exertion of human ability."

"Art exists not to decorate walls, but to challenge the comfortable assumptions upon which we rest."

"Money and art are far apart."

"Art is important only as it speaks to something within you."

"The artist must elect to fight for freedom or slavery."

"The color purple is nature's way of being mysterious."

"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you."

"The role of the artist is exactly the same as the role of the lover. If I love you, I have to make you conscious of the things you don't see."

"The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls."

"Artists are here to disturb the peace."