Art Quote by Arthur Erickson

Art is a luxury but also a necessity.

— Edwidge Danticat

Art is not a luxury, but a necessity.

— Rebecca West

Being American is, I think, a very difficult thing in art, because all the elements are European.

— Kingsley Amis

Art in America has always been regarded as a luxury.

— Hallie Flanagan

Rather than be asked to abandon one's own heritage and to adapt to the mores of the new country, one was expected to possess…

— Rudolf Arnheim

I say we don't need art in nature, because it's so perfect without us. We need it in the cities. But the cities have…

— Marina Abramovic

Art is not a treasure in the past or an importation from another land, but part of the present life of all living and…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

There is only one reason for art in America, and that is that the people of America learn the means of expressing themselves in…

— Robert Henri

The arts are not a luxury. They are an integral part of our lives as individuals and as a nation.

— Hillary Clinton

If I were of the trade, I should naturalize art as much as they "artialize" nature.

— Michel de Montaigne

Luxury, not necessity, is the mother of invention. Every artifact is somewhat wanting in its function, and that is what drives its evolution.

— Henry Petroski

“Once you have hundreds of millions of dollars, it’s hard to know where to put it all. Art is transportable, unregulated, glamorous, arcane, beautiful,…

— Nick Paumgarten