Art Quote by Claes Oldenburg

I am for an art that takes its form from the lines of life itself, that twists and extends and accumulates and spits and…

— Claes Oldenburg

“It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance, and I know of no substitute for the force and beauty of it's process.”

— Henry James

“Life itself is an art form.”

— Tyree Guyton

“Art is not merely a decorative enhancement of our lives, but a sign of our desire to live in the world fully and honestly.”

— Jan Zwicky

“None can imitate life without the intermediary of art.”

— William Bolitho

“Life may imitate art – but it usually falls short of it.”

— Anthony Horowitz

“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

“I always thought that if I suffered enough in service of Art, if I laid down my life to please the world, I could…

— Amelia Gray

“For art is about desire, is it not, and never its consummation?”

— A. Manette Ansay

“The purpose of art is to provide what life does not.”

— Tom Robbins

“life having its elaborate masterpieces, just as poetry has, or sculpture, or painting.”

— Oscar Wilde

“I have been using art as a means to the emotions of life and reading into it the ideas of life.”

— Clive Bell