--- title: "16 Meaning Art Quotes by 14 authors" description: "Browse 16 Meaning Art quotes by 14 authors. Discover the best Meaning Art sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6b/kendall-roa-38105_art_the-real-meaning-of-art-lies-behind-it-5_590779.jpg" --- > [The real meaning of art lies behind it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kendall-roa/the-real-meaning-of-art-lies-behind-it/) [Kendall Roa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kendall-roa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6b/kendall-roa-38105_art_the-real-meaning-of-art-lies-behind-it-5_590779.jpg) > [If I knew what the meaning of art was, I wouldn't tell you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-picasso/if-i-knew-what-the-meaning-of-art-was-i-wouldn-t-tell-you/) [Pablo Picasso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-picasso/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f67/pablo-picasso-552_art_if-i-knew-what-the-meaning-of-art-was-i_1581675.jpg) > [Through sharing my pain, I can possibly heal your pain. There is no other feeling like it. Money doesn't compare. This is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-cabral/through-sharing-my-pain-i-can-possibly-heal-your-pain-there-is-no/) [Richard Cabral](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-cabral/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1c/richard-cabral-15527_art_through-sharing-my-pain-i-can-possibly-h_1229899.jpg) > [The meaning of art in a time of suffering, a time of war, is much more intense. People are more focused.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haris-pasovic/the-meaning-of-art-in-a-time-of-suffering-a-time-of-war-is-much-more/) [Haris Pasovic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haris-pasovic/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/008/haris-pasovic-18542_art_the-meaning-of-art-in-a-time-of-sufferin_926142.jpg) > [To help, to continually help and share, that is the sum of all knowledge; that is the meaning of art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/to-help-to-continually-help-and-share-that-is-the-sum-of-all/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/249/anonymous-1_art_to-help-to-continually-help-and-share-th_836002.jpg) > [What does art mean to me? I never really think about the 'meaning' of art. Yet, obviously, that's what I do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerard-malanga/what-does-art-mean-to-me-i-never-really-think-about-the-meaning-of/) [Gerard Malanga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerard-malanga/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0a/gerard-malanga-35219_art_what-does-art-mean-to-me-i-never-really_1230955.jpg) > [The true meaning of an artist/actor is opening my heart to the audience and at the same time opening their heart. Through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-cabral/the-true-meaning-of-an-artist-actor-is-opening-my-heart-to-the-2/) [Richard Cabral](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-cabral/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/427/richard-cabral-15527_actors_the-true-meaning-of-an-artist-actor-is-o_1953146.jpg) > [Before the people at large, and for that matter, the artists themselves, understand what photography really means, as I understand that term,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-stieglitz/before-the-people-at-large-and-for-that-matter-the-artists-themselves/) [Alfred Stieglitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-stieglitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbb/alfred-stieglitz-13773_art_before-the-people-at-large-and-for-that_380618.jpg) > [What do you mean by meant? Given the final futility of our struggle, is the fleeting jolt of meaning that art gives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/what-do-you-mean-by-meant-given-the-final-futility-of-our-struggle-is/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/681/john-green-12_art_what-do-you-mean-by-meant-given-the-fina_877601.jpg) > [No word meaning "art" occurs in Aivilik, nor does "artist": there are only people. Nor is any distinction made between utilitarian and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-snow-carpenter/no-word-meaning-art-occurs-in-aivilik-nor-does-artist-there-are-only/) [Edmund Snow Carpenter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-snow-carpenter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ec/edmund-snow-carpenter-53306_all-things_no-word-meaning-art-occurs-in-aivilik-no_275471.png) > [“Meaning in art isn’t the same as meaning in science. The meaning of the second law of thermodynamics, so long as the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ursula-k-le-guin/meaning-in-art-isn-t-the-same-as-meaning-in-science-the-meaning-of/) [Ursula K. Le Guin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ursula-k-le-guin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f0/ursula-k-le-guin-138_art_meaning-in-art-isn-t-the-same-as-meaning_601334.jpg) > [People understand the meaning of eating lies in the nourishment of the body only when they cease to consider that the object…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/people-understand-the-meaning-of-eating-lies-in-the-nourishment-of/) [Leo Tolstoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-tolstoy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35c/leo-tolstoy-55_activity_people-understand-the-meaning-of-eating_2399871.png) > [The idea of the culture that you live in determining meaning in your art, though, is a very important aspect of what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-barry/the-idea-of-the-culture-that-you-live-in-determining-meaning-in-your/) [Robert Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-barry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4e/robert-barry-3413_art_the-idea-of-the-culture-that-you-live-in_2641178.jpg) > [“What does it mean?” I ask, trying to make him happy. “Does it have to mean something?” “I don’t know. I thought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-quick/what-does-it-mean-i-ask-trying-to-make-him-happy-does-it-have-to-mean/) [Matthew Quick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-quick/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e09/matthew-quick-1377_art_what-does-it-mean-i-ask-trying-to-make-h_819825.jpg) > [Given the final futility of our struggle, is the fleeting jolt of meaning that art gives us valuable? Or is the only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/given-the-final-futility-of-our-struggle-is-the-fleeting-jolt-of/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c8/john-green-12_alarms_given-the-final-futility-of-our-struggle_893263.jpg) > [Comics are a "young" art form, and there is much confusion as to how to treat them. Images have more immediate impact…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phoebe-gloeckner/comics-are-a-young-art-form-and-there-is-much-confusion-as-to-how-to/) [Phoebe Gloeckner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phoebe-gloeckner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c69/phoebe-gloeckner-27831_art_comics-are-a-young-art-form-and-there-is_886217.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/meaning-art/#itemlist", "name": "Meaning Art Quotes", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The real meaning of art lies behind it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kendall Roa" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kendall-roa/the-real-meaning-of-art-lies-behind-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6b/kendall-roa-38105_art_the-real-meaning-of-art-lies-behind-it-5_590779.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6b/kendall-roa-38105_art_the-real-meaning-of-art-lies-behind-it-5_590779.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6b/kendall-roa-38105_art_the-real-meaning-of-art-lies-behind-it-5_590779.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The real meaning of art lies behind it.” — Kendall Roa", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If I knew what the meaning of art was, I wouldn't tell you.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Pablo Picasso" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-picasso/if-i-knew-what-the-meaning-of-art-was-i-wouldn-t-tell-you/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f67/pablo-picasso-552_art_if-i-knew-what-the-meaning-of-art-was-i_1581675.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f67/pablo-picasso-552_art_if-i-knew-what-the-meaning-of-art-was-i_1581675.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f67/pablo-picasso-552_art_if-i-knew-what-the-meaning-of-art-was-i_1581675.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If I knew what the meaning of art was, I wouldn't tell you.” — Pablo Picasso", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Through sharing my pain, I can possibly heal your pain. 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