Art Quotes

"Every poem is a small act of resurrection."

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

"The poet sees what others are afraid to acknowledge."

"Art is the effort of man to express, not to expose, his vision of nature."

"Art is the expression of the human soul."

"Art preserves the soul of civilization."

"Life is a work of art shaped by the artist who lives it."

"The difference between an art and a craft is largely one of pride in execution."

"The difference between a great work and a mediocre one is usually just one word."

"A perfect work needs no explanation."

"The war between the real and the imagined is where art lives."

"The artist must be like a shark, always moving forward or he will perish."

"In art, as in life, there are no rules—only choices and consequences."

"The artist who creates only for approval will never create anything of lasting value."

"Art is the response to the demand for entertainment, for the stimulation of our senses and imagination."

"Art is the rebellion against the ordinary."

"The highest things are the hardest things to say, because words diminish them."

"The business of art is to reveal the relation between man and his environment."

"The struggle against limitation is what makes art worthy of existence."

"Art is the language spoken when words have exhausted themselves."

"How can one not feel the magnificent power of art?"

"A man who works with his hands is a laborer. A man who works with his hands and his mind is an artisan. But a man who works with his hands, his mind, and his heart is an artist."

"Art demands honesty or it becomes decoration."

"A poet must drink from the cup of sorrow to write anything worth reading."

"To create art is to stand naked before the world."

"The poet must be willing to die for a single true word."

"The sole substitute for an experience which we have not ourselves lived through is art and literature."

"The art of writing requires three elements: truth, passion, and discipline."

"A poet is born, not created."

"Art is the mirror of the soul."