Art Quote by Adrienne Rich

There is the falsely mystical view of art that assumes a kind of supernatural inspiration, a possession by universal forces unrelated to questions of…

— Adrienne Rich

Every artist has his or her struggle to work out in their work. The more powerful the struggle, the more persuasive the art.

— Philip Schultz

The artist has to transcend a subject, or he loses the battle. The subject wins.

— Fritz Scholder

“It’s up to the writer and the artist to give voice to these people. There are two impulses in art: one is rebellious and…

— Joyce Carol Oates

“An artist can't let madness stop him from making art, he simply has to channel it.”

— Christopher Moore

“the artist descends within himself, and in that lonely region of stress and strife, if he be deserving and fortunate, he finds the terms…

— Joseph Conrad

All art constantly aspires towards the condition of music,

— Walter Pater

Art is constant tension and release. That is where artists live, between the two, or at times, submerged in either. The challenge is never…

— Dave Liebman

Where painting is weakest, namely, in the expression of the highest moral and spiritual ideas, there music is sublimely strong.

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

“If we are in a general way permitted to regard human activity in the realm of the beautiful as a liberation of the soul,…

— Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

“As Stravinsky says, art is nothing more than placing limits and working against them rigorously … and if we refuse to place them ……

— Robert Wachter

“There is always a mysterious conflict in every artist; if life treats him roughly he longs for peace and calm, but if he comes…

— Stefan Zweig