Art Quotes

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

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"Creativity in art often reflects the possibility of social transformation."
Young, Iris Marion
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"Design matters because humans are not perfectly rational."
Thaler, Richard
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"The best nudges are invisible until they work."
Thaler, Richard
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"Design is not decoration; it shapes how we live."
Thaler, Richard
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"Good choice design makes the right path easier to take."
Thaler, Richard
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"The arts are not a luxury; they are essential to human development."
Nussbaum, Martha
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"Theater and literature teach us how to live with uncertainty and conflict."
Nussbaum, Martha
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"We learn about possibilities for human living through art and literature."
Nussbaum, Martha
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"Aesthetic judgment connects us to others in ways that conceptual knowledge cannot."
Benhabib, Seyla
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"The capability to participate in cultural and intellectual life is crucial to human dignity."
Sen, Amartya
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"Art teaches us to see the world with fresh eyes and open hearts."
Nussbaum, Martha
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"Beauty is not frivolous; it nourishes the human spirit."
Nussbaum, Martha
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"Art helps us see the particular and irreplaceable value of individuals."
Nussbaum, Martha
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"We are all acting, all the time, pretending to be more rational than we actually are."
Ariely, Dan
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"Language is not merely expressive but performative; words create social realities."
Benhabib, Seyla
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"We connect with stories in ways we never connect with statistics."
Ariely, Dan
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"Art and music are not luxuries for the privileged; they are central to human flourishing."
Nussbaum, Martha
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"Art and culture are essential to human functioning and dignity."
Sen, Amartya
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"The loss of cultural diversity impoverishes human understanding and experience."
Sen, Amartya
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"The power of ritual is greater than we typically acknowledge."
Ariely, Dan
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"We are all works of art, constantly being created and recreated."
Ariely, Dan
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"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."
Pollock, John
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"Art is the expression of what cannot be said in words."
Lehrer, Keith
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"Art reveals truths that logic cannot touch."
Lehrer, Keith
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"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."
BonJour, Laurence
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"Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth."
BonJour, Laurence
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"Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures."
BonJour, Laurence
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"The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls."
BonJour, Laurence
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"Art expresses what words cannot"
Goldman, Alvin
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"Art is truth expressed through creation"
Goldman, Alvin