Art Quote by Elizabeth Catlett

I have always wanted my art to service my people - to reflect us, to relate to us, to stimulate us, to make us…

— Elizabeth Catlett

“Art is only important to the extent that it aids in the liberation of our people.”

— Elizabeth Catlett

“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

“Art should be something that liberates your soul, provokes the imagination and encourages people to go further.”

— Keith Haring

“The work of the artist is to lift up people's hearts and help them endure.”

— William Faulkner

“An artist that makes art merely to meet a demand is a slave to what his patrons wants to see, or, hear.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“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

“art is self-sufficient and need serve no moral or political purpose”

— Walter Pater

“What if your art could provide everything you ever needed or wanted in life?”

— Patti Digh

“Art is magic, and art is powerful. Art saves lives- I really believe that. It gives us courage and compassion we might not have…

— Sarah Cross

“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 gives us the illusion of liberation from the sordid business of being.

— Fernando Pessoa