Abstract Quote by Edgar Alwin Payne

Art grows out of modes of perception that make you feel and think...that hooks on to something deep-running in our natures.

— Robert Hughes

When I say art influences me, which it does, it's not at all in a literal form. You go and see exhibitions or collections…

— Francisco Costa

The only way art lives is through the experience of the observer. The reality of art begins with the eyes of the beholder, through…

— Keith Haring

Art exists through the act of making. It has to somehow be made manifest to another person. It has to do with what one…

— Philip Taaffe

Art is about the spontaneous connection of the artist to his own unconscious - about insight beyond reason. If his insight were reasonable, anyone…

— David Mamet

Art arises from the interaction of the mind and the heart.

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

In human life, art may arise from almost any activity, and once it does so, it is launched on a long road of exploration,…

— Susanne Katherina Langer

Art is one of the prime ways we have of opening ourselves and going beyond ourselves. That's what art is: it's the product of…

— Ali Smith

The real function of art is to change mental patterns ... making new thought possible.

— Jean Dubuffet

Art is the manipulation of someone else's imagination.

— Sol Saks

Art revolves around creating something that isn't there.

— Kathleen Hanna

Art is essentially communication. It doesn't exist in a vacuum. That's why people make art, so other people can relate to it.

— Conor Oberst