Art Quote by Boris Pasternak

“Now, as never before, it was clear to him that art is always, ceaselessly, occupied with two things. It constantly reflects on death and…

— Boris Pasternak

“If you throw even a cursory glance into the past, at the life which lies behind you, not even recalling its most vivid moments,…

— Andrei Tarkovsky

Art always serves beauty, and beauty is the joy of possessing form, and form is the key to organic life since no living thing…

— Boris Pasternak

“Art is not a plaything, but a necessity, and its essence, form, is not a decorative adjustment, but a cup into which life can…

— Rebecca West

“To create works of art meant no less to him than to paint life, not mere reality, but the principle of life.”

— Ingo Walther

“As, in useful art, so far as it is useful, the work must be strictly subordinated to the laws of Nature, so as to…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“At times like this you desperately need Art. You seek to reconnect with your spiritual illusions, and you wish fervently that something might rescue…

— Muriel Barbery

“But the artist appeals to that part of our being which is not dependent on wisdom; to that in us which is a gift…

— Joseph Conrad

“The light of artistic creation is also blinding. The artist can’t see the suffering he causes to those around him. And the’ll never understand…

— Ian McEwan

“Art has something to do with beauty. The act of creating beauty pulls the portion of your soul to the surface that is true…

— Timothy Simpson

“Nature alone can lead to the understanding of art, just as art brings us back to nature with greater awarness. It is the source…

— Eugene Carriere

“In the sense, that is, that the author who created us alive no longer wished, or was no longer able, materially to put us…

— Luigi Pirandello