Activity Quote by August Kleinzahler

Creating art alone doesn't seem to fill us up, in my opinion, until we begin to truly communicate with it.

— Gary Holland

Art is essentially communication. It doesn't exist in a vacuum. That's why people make art, so other people can relate to it.

— Conor Oberst

Art never harms itself by keeping aloof from the social problems of the day: rather, by so doing, it more completely realises for us…

— Oscar Wilde

The work of art acts like another living person with whom we are conversing.

— Anton Ehrenzweig

Art doesn't exist if you just do what you're told. It only exists as an exercise of individual taste and freedom.

— Jane Smiley

Whatever one considers art to be, there is in many people a hunger to express themselves creatively and to feel authentic in doing that.

— Sean Penn

Art indeed is a term referring to the social source and to the social utility of creative acts.

— Laura Riding

I suspect you've noticed that making art can be lonely.

— Jenny Holzer

Everything about art has become problematic; its inner life, its relation to society, even its right to exist.

— Theodor Adorno

All art really does is keep you focused on questions of humanity, and it really is about how do we get on with our…

— David Bowie

Art is an amazing form of being able to share our experiences and tell stories and hopefully relate to other people, but you don't…

— Lily Collins

I think with art you have to do a bit of transforming of the subject to make the art worth having.

— Matthew Collings