Art Quotes
Beauty, expression, and the human need to create. Artists and thinkers on why art matters.
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"The body can be understood as a map of intensities and potentials."Grosz, Elizabeth
"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."Law, John
"Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth."Law, John
"The body speaks languages that words cannot capture; we must learn to listen."Braidotti, Rosi
"The political potentiality of art lies in its ability to imagine alternative possibilities."Braidotti, Rosi
"The body is not something we have but something we do; it is fundamentally performative."Braidotti, Rosi
"Art and science are not opposed; they are kindred practices of world-making."Latour, Bruno
"Objects are ambassadors from invisible worlds."Latour, Bruno
"Art is a way of making the invisible visible."Latour, Bruno
"Performance is not something added to an essence; performance is how things come to be."Mol, Annemarie
"Art requires the permission to waste time."Hartmut, Rosa
"Art reflects the soul of civilization."Law, John
"Art is the expression of the inexpressible."Law, John
"Art is a form of resistance."hooks, bell
"Art speaks truth that words cannot."hooks, bell
"Beauty exists in struggle."hooks, bell
"Performance is not deception; it is the substance of reality."Mol, Annemarie
"The body is a text written by many hands."Mol, Annemarie
"Care is an art form that resists complete systematization."Mol, Annemarie
"Art can help us understand and transform the world."Davis, Angela
"Art is a means of resistance and transformation."Davis, Angela
"Art provides a way to imagine liberation."Davis, Angela
"Objects speak to us if we learn to listen to their associations and histories"Latour, Bruno
"Art is a form of liberation."Wittig, Monique
"The pen is mightier than the sword."Wittig, Monique
"Art is truth-telling."Wittig, Monique
"Words make worlds."Wittig, Monique
"Art embodies resistance."Wittig, Monique
"The authentic emerges from the friction between translations"Callon, Michel
"Art survives not because it is efficient, but because it resonates with something true in us."Hartmut, Rosa