Art Quote by Christopher Booker

The purpose of all art is to cause a deep and emotion, also one that is entertaining or pleasing. Out of the depth and…

— W. Eugene Smith

All great art is by its very essence in conflict with the society with which it exists. It expresses the truth about the existence…

— Erich Fromm

The purpose of art is... to press forward into the whole of the external world and the soul, to see and communicate those objective…

— Max Scheler

All great art is the work of the whole living creature, body and soul, and chiefly of the soul.

— John Ruskin

Great art is more than a transient refreshment. It is something which adds to the permanent richness of the soul's self-attainment. It justifies itself…

— Alfred North Whitehead

Works of Art are meant to connect the human heart to inspiration, for cosmic consciousness to grow in the Supreme Reality rooted in Life…

— Nelly Mazloum

Art is life seen through man's inner craving for perfection and beauty-- his escape from the sordid realities of life into a world of…

— Paul Outerbridge

Great art is the outward expression of an inner life in the artist, and this inner life will result in his personal vision of…

— Edward Hopper

The point of art is not simply to express ourselves, but to create an external, concrete form in which the soul of our lives…

— Clarissa Pinkola Estes

All of art is a search for ways of being, of living life more fully.

— August Wilson

The purpose of art: to make the unconscious conscious.

— Richard Wagner

Art is the result of a creative impulse derived out of a consciousness of life.

— John French Sloan