Art Quotes
Beauty, expression, and the human need to create. Artists and thinkers on why art matters.
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"Art and science must unite against supernatural evil."Van Helsing
"His words had the power of incantations."Marlow
"He could talk and once enthralled all listeners"Marlow
"Paint and dazzle."Jack Merridew
"I'd rather have the old gentlemanly way of sitting."Amy March
"Art for its own sake makes great art."Jo March
"I thought the most beautiful thing in the world must be shadow, the million moving shapes and cul-de-sacs of shadow. There was shadow in bureau drawers and closets and suitcases, and shadow under houses and trees and stones, and shadow at the back of people's eyes and smiles and skirts and in the palm of your hand."Esther Greenwood
"Art is my passion and my purpose."Laurie
"Art is my passion and my dream."Amy March
"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."Amy March
"Art is my passion and my joy."Amy March
"Art is a worthwhile pursuit."Jo March
"Art is a very tempestuous profession"Amy March
"Art captures truth that facts cannot express."Mina Murray
"Art is the expression of the soul."Amy March
"Art is mine, nothing else."Amy March
"Art washes away the dust of everyday life from the soul."Amy March
"Writing had always been my way out."Amir
"What is the purpose of writing if it is not to save oneself?"Pi Patel
"The judge smiled and drew forth a small ledger"Judge Holden
"This what a song look like"Shug Avery
"I sing because my soul needs to come out."Shug Avery
"Art mirrors society."The Invisible Man (Narrator)
"It was the most elegant kind of words."Huckleberry Finn
"How could a love poem be insincere?"Robbie Turner
"Art exists as resistance against the forces that seek to suppress it."The Narrator (omniscient)
"Writing offered what life could not: the chance to begin again."Briony Tallis
"Perfection in the marshalling of events is the only thing that can atone for the imperfection of life itself."Briony Tallis
"What is music."Judge Holden
"She had a voice like the wind."Death