Art Quotes

"The artist sacrifices the actual for the ideal."

"The work of art is never one's own possession."

"Creation is the organized struggle against chaos."

"Art transcends biography through concentration."

"The work exists beyond the artist's intention."

"The artist's task is to make the invisible visible."

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

"All style is a choice and all choice reveals something."

"The poet is truly the thief of fire"

"The poet makes himself a seer through a long, deliberate derangement of all the senses"

"Art should astound and disturb"

"Art is the conversation between soul and world"

"Art is the most beautiful deception of all."

"Art reveals what reality conceals."

"Art transforms the ordinary into extraordinary."

"The poet is like the prince of the clouds who laughs at archers and scoffs at the crowds below."

"Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth."

"The artist must suffer to create beauty; suffering is the price of genius."

"The art of living is the art of choosing wisely."

"Art is the mirror of the human spirit."

"Art captures the essence of human experience."

"To name an object is to suppress three-quarters of the enjoyment of the poem."

"The supreme poetic act is silence."

"Form is content, and content is form."

"Banality must be avoided at all costs."

"To suggest is the dream and the subtle art."

"The greatest work requires the fewest words."

"The essence of art is transformation."

"The blank space is the true dwelling of art."

"The artist must strip away the superfluous."