Art Quotes

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

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"The art of healing requires both skill and compassion."
Elrond
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"The poets are only the interpreters of the gods."
Socrates
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"All art imitates nature."
Aristotle
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"The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance."
Aristotle
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"Rhetoric is the art of persuading your audience."
Plato
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"Artistic activity is the only way to approach truth."
Plato
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"Art is whatever you want it to be, as long as someone pays for it."
Frank Jr.
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"Art is whatever you convince people to call art."
Frank Jr.
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"Paint me like one of your French girls."
Rose DeWitt Bukater
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"An artist's hands are his life."
Rose DeWitt Bukater
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"The works of art endure long after the artists fade into shadow."
Elrond
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"Art captures the essence of what mere words cannot describe."
Elrond
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"The poets are only the interpreters of the gods."
Socrates
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"I appreciate the beauty of a well-crafted argument."
Hermione Granger
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"Art preserves what war destroys."
Boromir
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"Art is the immortal voice of the dead."
Boromir
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"Art is the soul expressing itself."
Mary Richards Moore
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"Art is how we express what words cannot."
Mary Richards Moore
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"Art is meant to provoke thought and emotion."
Rose DeWitt Bukater
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"Your hair glows with magic that only I can control."
Mother Gothel
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"Your art should express your gratitude toward me."
Mother Gothel
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"Art should challenge. Art should disturb the comfortable and comfort the disturbed."
The Joker
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"I'm a work of art myself."
The Joker
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"I create art from the canvas of your nightmares."
The Joker
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"Art expresses what words sometimes cannot."
Hermione Granger
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"Art transforms the mundane into the meaningful."
Hermione Granger
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"Art is about expression and finding your own voice."
Rapunzel
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"Art expresses what words cannot."
Sven
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"Art reminds us what it means to be human."
Mary Richards Moore
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"Art is truth expressed in a form that touches the heart."
Mary Richards Moore