Art Quotes

"The supreme achievement is to suggest without stating."

"The true subject of art is the unknowable."

"The perfect expression requires the impossible."

"Art is the rebellion against the accidental."

"The eternal moment exists only in art."

"The work transcends its creator."

"The true subject cannot be directly named."

"Writing is like painting, except the canvas is words and the brush is the mind."

"The role of the artist is to make the invisible visible."

"The greatest art is the art of living well."

"The actor's craft is to make the false seem true."

"The pursuit of art is the pursuit of immortality through human expression."

"The poet makes himself a seer through a systematic derangement of all the senses."

"The artist must refuse the world even as he accepts it."

"Art is the lie that tells the deepest truth."

"Art is the most beautiful deception of all."

"The artist's purpose is to reveal truth through beauty."

"The soul speaks in metaphors."

"Art elevates the human spirit above mere existence"

"The pen is mightier than the sword because it speaks to eternity."

"The greatest art conceals the labor of its making."

"The theater mirrors life, yet life surpasses any stage."

"In the mirror of art, we see our authentic selves."

"Sensuality is the awakening of the senses to their deepest possibilities."

"Art is the only serious thing in the world. And the artist is the only one who takes life seriously."

"Modernity is the transient, the fleeting, the contingent; it is one half of art, the other being the eternal and the immutable."

"The source of all great art is in the human heart."

"The artist is he who can transform the mundane into the magnificent."

"The artist must learn to see with the eyes of a child and the wisdom of an elder."

"Poetry is the art of using words as music to express the inexpressible."