Art Quote by Barbara Bolt

“The representative element in a work of art may or may not be harmful; always it is irrelevant. For, to appreciate a work of…

— Clive Bell

“In other words, art is a realm entirely separated from the interests of real life-a refuge for detached and gifted souls from sordid political…

— DeWitt Henry Parker

“Art is the medium through which new thoughts, perspectives, and attitudes are brought into the world.”

— James Rozoff

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

— Anton Ehrenzweig

“Art respects the masses, by confronting them as that which they could be, rather than conforming to them in their degraded state.”

— Theodor W. Adorno

We have to put aside the customary historical reading of works of art in order to invite art to respond to certain quite specific…

— Alain de Botton

“The independence of art from worldview and worldview concerns is a myth. Every work of art is produced within a framework of worldview assumptions.”

— Douglas Wilson

“I think that's what art is: art is communication made in the hope that interesting miscommunications will arise.”

— Misha Glouberman

“The nature of a work of art is to be not a part, nor yet a copy of the real world but a world…

— A.C. Bradley

“Through its creative power, art may trigger approximation, reconciliation and harmonization between individuals and peoples. Through art, beings can meet and exchange their points…

— Erik Pevernagie

“High culture is paranoid about sentiment, but human beings are intensely sentimental. And if art doesn’t speak language that’s acceptable to people, it relegates…

— Thomas Kinkade