Art Quotes

"An artist's duty is not to succumb to despair, but to persist in creating meaning."

"Art is not a mirror held up to reality, but a hammer with which to shape it."

"Art is made for life, not life for art."

"The role of an artist is to make revolutions."

"The artist must be in his work as God is in creation, invisible yet all-powerful."

"Art is freedom and responsibility simultaneously."

"Art is a moral endeavor."

"The artist's task is to awaken consciousness."

"Every work of art is a question to the viewer."

"We must not forget that literary creation has a collective significance."

"To write is to participate in the liberation of the world."

"Art is not an escape from life, but an engagement with it."

"The purpose of art is to reveal the hidden dimensions of existence."

"Art demands total commitment and total honesty from the artist."

"Art is the collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does, the better."

"Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd."

"A work in which there are theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left."

"Artistic growth is, more than it is anything else, a refining of the sense of truthfulness."

"Style is a matter of instinct."

"Only through art can we emerge from ourselves and know another's view of the universe."

"Art is the only thing that is really worth anything."

"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."

"Art is rebellion against the formless."

"Realism is, in a sense, truth without interpretation."

"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."

"The artist's domain is the human spirit."

"Beauty is produced by the true proportion of parts."

"Art is not what you see, but what you make others see."

"Art and freedom are inseparable."

"Art involves lying and the beauty of a lie is that it reveals truth."