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title: "15 Art Purpose Quotes by 12 authors"
description: "Browse 15 Art Purpose quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Art Purpose sayings and thoughts."
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> [Art's purpose is to sober and quiet the mind so that it is in accord with what happens.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cage/art-s-purpose-is-to-sober-and-quiet-the-mind-so-that-it-is-in-accord/)

[John Cage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cage/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8bc/john-cage-2094_accord_art-s-purpose-is-to-sober-and-quiet-the_230484.png)

> [If art has a purpose, it is to interpret life, reproduce it in fresh visions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-drinker-bowen/if-art-has-a-purpose-it-is-to-interpret-life-reproduce-it-in-fresh/)

[Catherine Drinker Bowen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-drinker-bowen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffb/catherine-drinker-bowen-22445_art_if-art-has-a-purpose-it-is-to-interpret_2264258.png)

> [“All we can do is put our heart and work into the world. It’s our art. It’s our purpose.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-crumby/all-we-can-do-is-put-our-heart-and-work-into-the-world-it-s-our-art/)

[Dave Crumby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-crumby/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eee/dave-crumby-51652_art_all-we-can-do-is-put-our-heart-and-work_3080691.jpg)

> [Art has no purpose. It exists for its own sake.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-scher/art-has-no-purpose-it-exists-for-its-own-sake/)

[Paula Scher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-scher/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62a/paula-scher-7840_art_art-has-no-purpose-it-exists-for-its-own_1183052.png)

> [My position is that serious and good art has always existed to help, to serve, humanity. Not to indict. I don't see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/my-position-is-that-serious-and-good-art-has-always-existed-to-help/)

[Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/796/chinua-achebe-781_always_my-position-is-that-serious-and-good-art_2290030.png)

> [Sleepless nights in the studio. Work hard to make art that has a purpose. My voice will be heard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/sleepless-nights-in-the-studio-work-hard-to-make-art-that-has-a/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/067/anonymous-1_art_sleepless-nights-in-the-studio-work-hard_1955506.jpg)

> [Design always has a purpose, art has no purpose. That's really the difference between them. Do I think one is better than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-scher/design-always-has-a-purpose-art-has-no-purpose-that-s-really-the/)

[Paula Scher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-scher/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/546/paula-scher-7840_art_design-always-has-a-purpose-art-has-no-p_945688.png)

> [We are not moving towards some kind of goal. We are at the goal, and it is changing with us. If art…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antony-gormley/we-are-not-moving-towards-some-kind-of-goal-we-are-at-the-goal-and-it/)

[Antony Gormley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antony-gormley/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/859/antony-gormley-14178_art_we-are-not-moving-towards-some-kind-of-g_212235.jpg)

> [“Art has one purpose, that is to leave you changed. Love has one purpose, that is to create art.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julieanne-o-connor/art-has-one-purpose-that-is-to-leave-you-changed-love-has-one-purpose/)

[Julieanne O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julieanne-o-connor/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/490/julieanne-o-connor-13873_art_art-has-one-purpose-that-is-to-leave-you_268339.jpg)

> [My position is that serious and good art has always existed to help, to serve, humanity. Not to indict. I don’t see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/my-position-is-that-serious-and-good-art-has-always-existed-to-help-2/)

[Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b1/chinua-achebe-781_art_my-position-is-that-serious-and-good-art_3189779.jpg)

> [I've started a project called Planet Art. The purpose will be to remind people where I really believe we came from, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meredith-brooks/i-ve-started-a-project-called-planet-art-the-purpose-will-be-to/)

[Meredith Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meredith-brooks/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2c/meredith-brooks-11639_art_i-ve-started-a-project-called-planet-art_1204256.jpg)

> [Don't give your opinions about Art and the Purpose of Life. They are of little interest and, anyway, you can't express them.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evelyn-waugh/don-t-give-your-opinions-about-art-and-the-purpose-of-life-they-are/)

[Evelyn Waugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evelyn-waugh/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/687/evelyn-waugh-850_art_don-t-give-your-opinions-about-art-and-t_990884.jpg)

> [Simplicity, clarity, singleness: These are the attributes that give our lives power and vividness and joy as they are also the marks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-holloway/simplicity-clarity-singleness-these-are-the-attributes-that-give-our/)

[Richard Holloway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-holloway/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86a/richard-holloway-26700_art_simplicity-clarity-singleness-these-are_881866.jpg)

> [Some people flinch when you talk about art in the context of the needs of society thinking you are introducing something far…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/some-people-flinch-when-you-talk-about-art-in-the-context-of-the/)

[Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebd/chinua-achebe-781_appeals_some-people-flinch-when-you-talk-about-a_2920423.jpg)

> [In abstract mathematics or abstract art, the purpose is to describe inner states of our mind, and to explore the limits of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anjan-sundaram/in-abstract-mathematics-or-abstract-art-the-purpose-is-to-describe/)

[Anjan Sundaram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anjan-sundaram/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abd/anjan-sundaram-39456_abstract_in-abstract-mathematics-or-abstract-art_168829.jpg)

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