Art Quote by Edvard Munch

Art comes from joy and pain...But mostly from pain.

— Edvard Munch

Art is the expression of those beauties and emotions that stir the human soul.

— Howard Pyle

If my art has nothing to do with people's pain and sorrow, what is 'art' for?

— Ai Weiwei

Art is a spiritual, immaterial respite from the hardships of life.

— Fernando Botero

Art is about communication. Art that lasts through the ages works symbolically. It triggers feelings and experiences that we've all had.

— Gary Holland

Art is many things but, directly or indirectly, it always describes the human condition.

— Millard Sheets

Art is the lens through which I experience the world. Art is the medium to present the human condition... love, fear, bewilderment, pleasure, distaste,…

— Alton Tobey

Art is a manifestation of emotion, and emotion speaks a language that all may understand.

— W. Somerset Maugham

Art is about emotion; if art needs to be explained it is no longer art.

— Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Art is a means of expression that must be understood by everybody, everywhere. It grows out of the earth, the textures of our lives,…

— Rufino Tamayo

Art is a personal act of courage, something one human does that creates change in another.

— Seth Godin

Art is not a pleasure, a solace, or an amusement; art is a great matter. Art is an organ of human life, transmitting man's…

— Leo Tolstoy