Art Quotes
Beauty, expression, and the human need to create. Artists and thinkers on why art matters.
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"Art is the avenue to truth through feeling."Peirce, Charles Sanders
"The artist and scientist are both seekers of truth."Peirce, Charles Sanders
"Art reveals what nature conceals from ordinary observation."Dilthey, Wilhelm
"The beauty of a work of art lies in its capacity to move the spirit."Dilthey, Wilhelm
"Art is the expression of inner life made visible."Dilthey, Wilhelm
"Art is the process whereby the finite mind expresses the infinite."Feuerbach, Ludwig
"Culture is the expression of human spirit."Feuerbach, Ludwig
"Art must serve the moral improvement of mankind."Comte, Auguste
"Art indeed is a method of concentrated attention."James, William
"Poetry is the region in which is concentrated the secret, the principle of beauty."James, William
"Art is the most effective mode of communication that exists."Dewey, John
"The development of art in schools is not a frill, but a fundamental necessity."Dewey, John
"Art is the response to the demand for entertainment, for the stimulation of our senses and imagination."Spencer, Herbert
"The aesthetic sentiment is not a luxury but a necessity."Spencer, Herbert
"Art is the memory of mankind."Feuerbach, Ludwig
"Art is the highest expression of human consciousness."Feuerbach, Ludwig
"The function of art is to imitate nature."Bentham, Jeremy
"Art is always and everywhere the secret confession, and at the same time the immortal beverage of humanity."Marx, Karl
"Art forms reflect the class structure of their times."Marx, Karl
"Art serves society by refining the emotions and the intellect."Comte, Auguste
"Art elevates the soul when it expresses universal human sentiments."Comte, Auguste
"I am as convinced as I am of any conclusion I ever arrive at regarding the claims of art."Mill, John Stuart
"Art is the expression of the human spirit in sensible form."Feuerbach, Ludwig
"The artist is the visionary who shows us what we are capable of becoming."Feuerbach, Ludwig
"A artist has no home in Europe except in Paris."Nietzsche, Friedrich
"Art is the great stimulus to life."Nietzsche, Friedrich
"We should talk less and draw more."Nietzsche, Friedrich
"We have art lest we perish from the truth."Nietzsche, Friedrich
"The most universal principle of art is that some things should be dark so that others may be bright."James, William
"Aesthetic emotion is the power to feel what another person has felt, rendered permanent in objective form."James, William