Art Quote by Donald Barthelme

“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

“Art is just another way to describe and classify reality – its mystical aspects merely a function of ignorance.”

— Neal Asher

“Art requires a delicate adjustment of the outer and inner worlds in such a way that, without changing their nature, they can be seen…

— Flannery O'Connor

“Reality is neither the subject nor the object of true art which creates its own special reality having nothing to do with the average…

— Vladimir Nabokov

“art is the link between appearance and reality.”

— Evelyn Underhill

Art is a way of showing the outside world what your inside world is like.

— Jerry Saltz

“That is one of the functions of art: to present what the narrow and desperately practical perspectives of real life exclude.”

— C.S. Lewis

“Art is what gets us beyond what is real. It makes reality more real. It also shortens the distance we gotta travel to see…

— Laura Pritchett

While I recognize the necessity for a basis of observed reality... true art lies in a reality that is felt.

— Odilon Redon

“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

Art is an escape from reality.

— Henri Matisse