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title: "5 Useful Art Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [“As, in useful art, so far as it is useful, the work must be strictly subordinated to the laws of Nature, so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/as-in-useful-art-so-far-as-it-is-useful-the-work-must-be-strictly/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/007/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_art_as-in-useful-art-so-far-as-it-is-useful_1047088.png)

> [Most arts require long study and application, but the most useful art of all, that of pleasing, requires only the desire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-chesterfield/most-arts-require-long-study-and-application-but-the-most-useful-art/)

[Lord Chesterfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lord-chesterfield/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbc/lord-chesterfield-757_application_most-arts-require-long-study-and-applica_1326951.jpg)

> [You need intelligence, and you need to look. You need a gaze, a wide gaze, penetrating and roving - thats what's useful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toni-morrison/you-need-intelligence-and-you-need-to-look-you-need-a-gaze-a-wide/)

[Toni Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toni-morrison/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dae/toni-morrison-271_art_you-need-intelligence-and-you-need-to-lo_1377593.jpg)

> [“The only two useful art forms are religion and stories.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/the-only-two-useful-art-forms-are-religion-and-stories/)

[Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/573/stephen-king-13_art_the-only-two-useful-art-forms-are-religi_1442332.jpg)

> [Art is useful. Through art we can start building a world that works differently.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tania-bruguera/art-is-useful-through-art-we-can-start-building-a-world-that-works/)

[Tania Bruguera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tania-bruguera/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c33/tania-bruguera-50283_art_art-is-useful-through-art-we-can-start-b_3126456.png)

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