Art Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer

You must treat a work of art like a great man: stand before it and wait patiently till it deigns to speak.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

My opinion is that the best thing would be to work on till art lovers feel drawn toward it of their own accord, instead…

— Vincent Van Gogh

I know that sounds a little bit corny, but I've found some solace in that. I hope art can continue to do that for…

— Ava DuVernay

Art should be appreciated with passion and violence, not with a tepid, depreciating elegance that fears the censoriousness of a common room.

— W. Somerset Maugham

My belief is that art should not be comforting; for comfort, we have mass entertainment and one another. Art should provoke, disturb, arouse our…

— Joyce Carol Oates

Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.

— Banksy

Art demands of us that we shall not stand still.

— Ludwig van Beethoven

I'm convinced that, in the end, art is not for the artist but for their fellow man.

— George Rickey

We should always remember that sensitiveness and emotion constitute the real content of a work of art

— Maurice Ravel

I feel like we have to fight for art.

— Jeremy Scott

Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Art is a spiritual practice. We may not, and need not, do it perfectly.

— Julia Cameron