Art Quotes

"Art expresses what words cannot."

"Literature and butterflies are the two sweetest passions known to man."

"Every work of art is a work of cheating and deceit."

"A writer's joy is writing; a reader's joy is reading."

"Art requires patience; the artist must wait for inspiration."

"Art is memory in the shape of things."

"A poet's word is his bond."

"I am not a prophet, but a poet."

"Art is the mirror of the soul."

"Art immortalizes the human moment."

"Art is the gateway to the infinite."

"To create is to defy the indifference of the universe."

"Art without emotion is mere technical exercise."

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

"In art one must speak the language of the age."

"Man creates art in order to understand himself."

"Art should make people think and feel, not merely amuse."

"The imagination of the artist reveals hidden truths."

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

"Art is the effort of man to express his feeling through some material."

"Art is the goddess of moderation; know the limits of art."

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

"Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass."

"If you want to work on your art, work on your life."

"We die, but there is music."

"Art is something immeasurable and not to be comprehended by the mere reason."

"Art is the scream of those for whom words have become insufficient."

"A true poet is a person through whom the world bleeds onto the page."

"The pages are still warm from the author's hand."

"Beauty plus pity—that is the nearest we can get to a definition of art."