Art Quotes

"A work of art has no importance whatever to society. It is only important to the artist."

"Perfection is not just about control, it is also about letting go."

"I am thinking of aurochs and angels, the secret of durable pigments, prophetic sonnets, the refuge of art."

"The more an art becomes complex, the more necessary are the simpler virtues."

"Art needs no justification."

"The true artist is he who understands the purpose of beauty."

"Life without art is merely existence."

"Art should not be a luxury for the few but a necessity for all."

"An artist's worth is measured by his love for truth."

"The artist must live in a state of constant rebellion."

"Every work of art is a confession."

"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science."

"Art is the expression of the soul made visible."

"Art speaks the universal language of the human heart."

"The poet sees the world with child's eyes, forever marveling at creation."

"The stage is a mirror held up to society; the playwright is merely the one who polishes the glass."

"Art is the soul of a people speaking across the centuries to future souls."

"One must work. All those people who say one cannot live by art, by poetry, they are wrong."

"My task has been to translate human nature into a higher key."

"Art is long, but life is short."

"In any creative work, the artist must be willing to sacrifice everything for the truth of the moment."

"Art has two constant, two unending concerns: it always meditates on death and thus always meditates on style."

"Immortality will come to such an artist as reproduces in his work a likeness not his own, but of the world."

"The poet sees what others cannot, and speaks what others dare not say."

"The artist is the conscience of his age, or he is nothing."

"The poet who silences himself is his own worst enemy."

"Art is the conversation between two souls across the centuries."

"The voice of poetry speaks in the spaces between words."

"The poet's task is to make suffering visible to others."

"The beauty of verse lies in its capacity to hold contradictions."