Art Quote by Bernard Berenson

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

The purpose of art is to re-present nature, not represent it.

— Josef Albers

Art is nothing tangible. We cannot call a painting 'art' as the words 'artifact' and 'artificial' imply. The thing made is a work of…

— Anonymous

Nature does not create works of art. It is we, and the faculty of interpretation peculiar to the human mind, that see art.

— Man Ray

Art is not the most precious manifestation of life. Art has not the celestial and universal value that people like to attribute to it.…

— Tristan Tzara

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

— Julia Cameron

If reality impacted directly on our senses and our consciousness, if we could have direct communication between the material world and ourselves, art would…

— Henri Bergson

Art is useful. Through art we can start building a world that works differently.

— Tania Bruguera

The work of art... is an instrument for tilling the human psyche, that it may continue to yield a harvest of vital beauty.

— Herbert Read

Art is viable when it finds elements in the surrounding environment. Our ancestors drew their subject matter from the religious attitudes which weighed on…

— Umberto Boccioni

Art to me is a humanitarian act and I believe that there is a responsibility that art should somehow be able to effect mankind,…

— Jeff Koons

The role of art is to make a world which can be inhabited.

— William Saroyan