Art Quotes

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

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"Art and science both seek to capture truth in different ways."
David Gross
"Art expresses what science cannot capture in equations."
David Gross
G
"The depths of atomic physics reveal the poetry hidden in nature."
George Zweig
"Art and science are not opposites; they are two expressions of human creativity."
David Gross
F
"The universe is a work of art, painted with the laws of physics and colored by human imagination."
Frank Wilczek
S
"Symmetry is not merely beautiful; it is the skeleton upon which nature hangs its flesh."
Sheldon Glashow
S
"The language of nature is mathematical, but its poetry is written in experimental truth."
Sheldon Glashow
S
"Physics is the art of extracting universal laws from particular observations."
Sheldon Glashow
S
"Physics is the art of understanding why things are the way they are."
Sheldon Glashow
"Mathematics is the language through which nature whispers her deepest secrets."
Juan Maldacena
"The holographic nature of reality suggests that inside and outside are relative concepts."
Juan Maldacena
F
"Great science is an art form."
Frank Wilczek
G
"Art and science are both expressions of human creativity and understanding."
George Zweig
G
"Harmony exists between mathematical beauty and physical reality."
George Zweig
F
"Art and science are two aspects of the same human endeavor."
Freeman Dyson
F
"Art is the expression of the soul."
Freeman Dyson
M
"Elementary particles are as important in the world as poets."
Murray Gell-Mann
M
"Art and science are two ways of understanding the world."
Murray Gell-Mann
R
"Art and science are not separate disciplines."
Roger Penrose
R
"Art reveals truths that numbers cannot."
Roger Penrose
J
"Symmetry is a vast subject, significant in art and nature."
John Wheeler
J
"You have to recognize that great scientists are artists."
John Wheeler
R
"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."
Robert Wilson
M
"Art is the soul's attempt to speak what words cannot."
Maarten Schmidt
M
"Art is the protest against meaninglessness."
Maarten Schmidt
F
"The world is in a state of chaos, and we need more poetry and less science to put it right."
Freeman Dyson
F
"The marriage of art and science is one of the beautiful partnerships of human culture."
Freeman Dyson
F
"Art and science are not opposed; they are complementary ways of understanding reality."
Freeman Dyson
M
"Artistic beauty and scientific truth are not as far apart as they seem."
Murray Gell-Mann
R
"We must learn to see the world through the eyes of geometry and harmony."
Roger Penrose