Art Quotes
Beauty, expression, and the human need to create. Artists and thinkers on why art matters.
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"Art is the highest means of elevating human existence."Spinoza, Baruch
"Art is the expression of the soul's deepest yearnings."Maimonides
"Art elevates the human spirit above mere existence."Maimonides
"Eloquence is dependent on the passion and genius of the speaker."Hume, David
"The best and most refined taste is to be found in those who have most general knowledge."Hume, David
"Proper words in proper places make the true definition of style."Berkeley, George
"The work of art is the expression of the artist's vision of truth."Berkeley, George
"Arts and sciences are born of leisure."Descartes, René
"Art is the imitation of nature in her manner of operation."Leibniz, Gottfried
"Art is the expression of the soul."Avicenna
"Beauty in creation reflects the infinite artistry of the Divine."Maimonides
"Beauty understood intellectually becomes wisdom; wisdom expressed becomes beauty."Maimonides
"Art expresses what words cannot convey."Leibniz, Gottfried
"Art is the soul's conversation with eternity."Leibniz, Gottfried
"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."Hume, David
"Art is the effort to render the ineffable ineffable."Descartes, René
"Fashion is something barbarous, for it produces innovation without reason and delight without benefit."Locke, John
"The greatest art is to please and to be pleased."Locke, John
"Art is the soul's attempt to communicate with eternity."Al-Ghazali
"Art is the manifestation of the eternal in the temporal world."Avicenna
"Art is the expression of the inexpressible."Maimonides
"Art is the imitation of nature, but informed by reason and guided by taste."Leibniz, Gottfried
"Art is the means by which we reveal the invisible."Descartes, René
"The craftsman who creates beauty serves the divine."Al-Ghazali
"The physician must have the eye of a scientist, the heart of a poet, and the hand of a craftsman."Avicenna
"Art is the expression of the soul through the hands of the craftsman."Avicenna
"Art is the expression of the soul in visible form."Locke, John
"Elegance of taste, however it might be perceived, is yet but a secondary consideration."Hume, David
"The palate of every man is a standard of taste in eating, drinking, and now in the fine arts."Hume, David
"Art imitates nature, but in a perfect form."Averroes