Leo Tolstoy said the purpose of art is to teach you to love life. And that's what I want. — Nicholas Meyer Copy Share Image
The purpose of art is higher than art. What we are really interested in are masterpieces of humanity. — Alonzo King Copy Share Image
“Dear Woman Who Gave Me Life: The callous vexations and perturbations of this night have subsequently resolved themselves to a state which… — John Fante Copy Share Image
For the first time in his life, he stopped worrying about results, and as a consequence the terms “success” and “failure” had… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
The purpose of art is not the release of a momentary ejection of adrenaline but rather the gradual, lifelong construction of a… — Glenn Gould Copy Share Image
Art brings people back to their sensibility as human beings. This is the purpose of art: To bring people together and bring… — eL Seed Copy Share Image
The purpose of art is to lay bare the questions that have been hidden by the answers. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The purpose of art ... is not to reflect life but to organize it, to build it. — Yevgeny Zamyatin Copy Share Image
The purpose of art is to lay bare the questions which have been hidden by the answers. — James Baldwin Copy Share Image
One of the main purpose of art has ever been that of making its indispensable contribution to the growth of entropy of… — William C. Brown Copy Share Image
“The purpose of art is not a rarified, intellectual distillate— it is life, intensified, brilliant life. ALAIN ARIAS-MISSON” — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
“I laugh at the way some people think graffiti is all selfish tagging and vandalism. Thoughtful street art is like good fiction… — Carla H. Krueger Copy Share Image
The purpose of art is to raise people to a higher level of awareness than they would otherwise attain on their own. — Brassai Copy Share Image
The saying "the business of art is different than the purpose of art" makes sense, and what are you going to do… — Eric Fischl Copy Share Image
The purpose of art is to collide the intellectual and visceral together at the highest speed possible. — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
I wouldn't say the purpose of making art is to enjoy it necessarily. For me, it happens to be the thing I… — Sean Lennon Copy Share Image
Art can be very political but that can't be the purpose of art, it can't be the driving force. It isn't with… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
The purpose of art is nothing less than the upliftment of the human spirit. — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The purpose of art is to reflect new emerging values and to define the new heroes and heroines so that people can… — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
