Art Quotes

Beauty, expression, and the human need to create. Artists and thinkers on why art matters.

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"The artist who speaks truth through beauty changes the world."
Homer
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"The craft of the poet is to make the invisible visible."
Dante Alighieri
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"In art, truth reveals itself through beauty."
Dante Alighieri
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"Art is the soul's way of speaking when language fails."
Pickering Edward
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"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."
Ovid
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"The art of being is the art of living well with oneself."
Ovid
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"The pursuit of beauty elevates the soul."
Virgil
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"The artist sees what others merely look at."
Virgil
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"The greatest work of art is a well-lived life."
Virgil
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"Art challenges us to see with new eyes."
Virgil
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"What we call variables are simply the universe's way of expressing its infinite creativity."
Henrietta Leavitt
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"Dedication to one's work is the highest form of self-expression."
Henrietta Leavitt
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"Variables are not disorders but variations on the theme of creation."
Henrietta Leavitt
"Every observation adds a brushstroke to the great canvas of understanding."
Annie Jump Cannon
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"The artisan who labors with love creates works that outlast kingdoms."
Homer
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"Art is the protest of the soul against the inadequacy of the visible world."
Pickering Edward
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"Art is the conversation between what is broken and what might be beautiful."
Pickering Edward
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"In the observation of stars, I discovered that precision and wonder need not be enemies."
Henrietta Leavitt
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"Art is the expression of the soul."
George Lemaitre
"In order and classification, I found unexpected beauty."
Annie Jump Cannon
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"In astronomy, we find poetry written in the language of physics."
Harlow Shapley
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"In the geometry of the cosmos, we find mathematical poetry."
Harlow Shapley
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"The old saying 'one picture is worth a thousand words' is especially true of astronomical discoveries."
Edwin Hubble
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"The art of living well is knowing when to speak and when to listen."
Pickering Edward
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"Art is the evidence that life is worth more than mere survival."
Pickering Edward
"Classification is a form of poetry written in data and observation."
Annie Jump Cannon
"Physics is the poetry of nature, written in the language of mathematics."
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
"The universe is orderly, but within that order exists infinite possibility and beauty."
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
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"Every measurement we make of the stars is a conversation between humanity and infinity."
Edwin Hubble
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"The spectral lines of distant stars tell us stories of their composition and motion."
Edwin Hubble