Art Quote by Esther Verhoef

There is no misery in art. All art is about saying yes, and all art is about its own making.

— John Currin

After all perhaps the greatness of art lies in the perpetual tension between beauty and pain, the love of men and the madness of…

— Albert Camus

“Art has the power to render sorrow beautiful, make loneliness a shared experience, and transform despair into hope.”

— Brené Brown

I have always believed that art should be a deep pleasure. I think there is a contradiction in an art of total despair, because…

— David Hockney

“No art can possibly comfort HER then, even though art is credited with so many things, especially an ability to offer solace. Sometimes, of…

— Elfriede Jelinek

“Remember, art is an extension of self. …. The unique distinction of being created in the image of God is that what we create…

— Erwin Raphael McManus

“Art is not alone in imparting charm and mystery to the most insignificant things; pain is endowed with the same power to bring them…

— Marcel Proust

“Works of art are infinitely solitary and nothing is less likely to reach them than criticism. Only love can grasp them and hold them…

— Rainer Maria Rilke

“True art was based upon despair, and the important thing was to make yourself and those around you as miserable as possible.”

— David Sedaris

“Art, and sadness, which last forever.”

— Sara Baume

“tragedy is suffering elevated into art, it’s art that helps humans endure—and sometimes even transcend—their suffering. It’s”

— Jean Hegland

“The most glorious works of art, the ones that bring the purest joy – perhaps they need not be touched or known, but seen…

— Michelle Cuevas