Art Quotes

"Art, in its broadest definition, is an expansion of the living being."

"Art is the activity by which man, having experienced an emotion, intentionally transmits it to others."

"The artist is not a different kind of person, but each of us is a different kind of artist."

"The art of conversation is the art of hearing as well as of being heard."

"I have lived to see the day when poetry bows before prose."

"To write is to bleed onto the page."

"The artist is the conscience of society."

"The universe speaks through the language of art."

"The love of art is the love of life itself."

"Art requires patience and time; genius demands speed."

"Art is the mirror of the soul."

"Art is the language of those whom words have failed."

"A poem is a weapon for the spiritually armed."

"To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist now."

"Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness."

"To be an artist one must be prepared to be ridiculous."

"The real name of every one of the arts is lullaby."

"Art is the human disposition of intelligible or beautiful matter."

"The artist is a medium between different planes of being."

"The artist is the lover of nature, therefore he is her slave."

"The awful thing is that beauty is mysterious as well as terrible."

"Realism demands a certain heroism of those who practice it."

"The purpose of art is to communicate what words cannot."

"Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced."

"Art is the activity of the soul, and its purpose is to convey what the artist feels."

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

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

"When actors are good, the playwright is forgotten."

"Brevity is the sister of talent."

"I'm against big displays and against my feelings being acted out on the stage."