Art Quotes

"Art communicates what science cannot easily express."

"Art, music, and literature should not be censored."

"Art is a form of behavior that emerges from specific contingencies of reinforcement."

"The practice of medicine is an art as much as a science."

"Art is a form of behavior that survives because it reinforces deep human needs and desires."

"The practice of medicine is an art and a science that requires both skill and heart."

"Observation is an art form that requires both attention to external events and reflection on their meaning for oneself."

"The human capacity for symbolic thought allows us to transcend the present moment and inhabit imaginative possibilities."

"Emotion is the only vehicle of value; nothing is valued unless it is felt."

"The symbol bridges the gap between conscious and unconscious mind."

"Art expresses what cannot be said in words and what must be said."

"The psyche speaks in images and symbols far more eloquently than in concepts."

"Symbols are the language through which the unconscious speaks."

"Life is not an exact science, it is an art."

"Nursing is an art and a science; but the medicine of the twentieth century will not be able to take that art away from nursing."

"Art and science are not opposites—both are human attempts to understand and express the nature of reality."

"Art is what happens when we pay attention to the world."

"Nursing is an art; and if it is to be made an art, it requires an exclusive devotion as hard a preparation as any painter's or sculptor's work."

"Art and neurosis spring from the same well."

"People create realities as much as they are created by them."

"People are not passive recipients of information; they actively construct meaning from their experiences."

"The artist and the scientist are not enemies but partners in understanding reality."

"Art is the creative expression of what lies in the depths of the human soul."

"Art and neurosis are siblings; the creative person must integrate their darker impulses."

"Nursing is an art; and if it is to be made an art, it requires an exclusive devotion as hard a preparation as any painter's or sculptor's work."

"Art is not about self-expression; it is about the arrangement of elements to produce effects."

"It is the nature of the artist to overreach the possible."

"The art of medicine lies in knowing when observation must become action."

"The reflex arc is the poetry of physiology."

"The nervous system is the orchestra; behavior is the symphony it plays."