Art Quote by Anonymous

Mystery is the essential element of every work of art.

— Luis Bunuel

Mystery is the basic element of all works of art.

— Luis Bunuel

Art attracts us only by what it reveals of our most secret self.

— Alfred North Whitehead

Art grows out of modes of perception that make you feel and think...that hooks on to something deep-running in our natures.

— Robert Hughes

Every true work of art must express a distinct feeling.

— Caspar David Friedrich

[Mystery] is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science.

— Albert Einstein

One mustn't always believe that feeling is everything. In the arts, it is nothing without form.

— Gustave Flaubert

All art preserves mysteries which aesthetic philosophers tackle in vain.

— Anthony Burgess

“If there is no mystery, for the artist, to solve inside of his art, then there's no point in it. . . . for…

— Truman Capote

Every work of art is about everything.

— Eli Siegel

The purpose of art is mystery.

— Rene Magritte

“What does Art do for us? It gives shape to our emotions, makes them visible, and, in so doing, places a seal of eternity…

— Muriel Barbery