Art Quote by Eli Siegel

Every work of art depicts an aspect of reality.

— Friedrich Durrenmatt

...Art itself may be defined as a single minded attempt to render the highest kind of justice to the visible universe, by bringing to…

— Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot

As all Art depends on Vision, so the different kinds of Art depend on the different ways in which minds look at things.

— George Henry Lewes

A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament. Its beauty comes from the fact that the author is what he…

— Oscar Wilde

But art not only exploits the variety of appearances, it also affirms the validity of individual outlook and thereby admits a further dimension of…

— Rudolf Arnheim

I believe that one of the most important properties of a work of art is an attempt to reconcile opposites, and in their fusion…

— Douglas Portway

All art has this characteristic-it unites people.

— Leo Tolstoy

A true work of art can stand many seeings, revealing anew at each seeing.

— John Marin

Art has no other object than to set aside the symbols of practical utility, the generalities that are conventionally and socially accepted, everything in…

— Henri Bergson

I believe art is a way to attune to what reality is, which is a weird reality.

— Timothy Morton

“We think that all artists create their art for essentially the same reason—they have a view of the world that they want to share…

— Ken Hicks

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

— Odilon Redon