Art Quote by F. Sionil Jose

“Art invariably grows out of a period when, in general, the artist admires his own nation and wants to win its approval.”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“A culture is only as great as its dreams, and its dreams are dreamed by artists.”

— L. Ron Hubbard

“We must remember, however, that art is of value only to the extent that it speaks to us. It might be a universal language…

— Kakuzō Okakura

“I believe that art is the highest expression of the human spirit. ~ I believe that we yearn to transcend the merely finite and…

— Joyce Carol Oates

“Every artist is a man who has freed himself from his family, his nation, his race. Every man who has shown the world the…

— Chaim Potok

I see little of more importance to the future of our country and of civilization than full recognition of the place of the artist.…

— Pauline Kael

“In art, either as creators or participators, we are helped to remember some of the glorious things we have forgotten, and some of the…

— Madeleine L'Engle

“This is what the great artists manage. They flatter us, by observing better than others and then speaking to each of us as individuals…

— Tristan Gooley

“To be an artist includes much; one must possess many gift -absolute gifts- which have not been acquired by one's effort. And, moreover, to…

— Kate Chopin

“Without our artists and storytellers, we have no history, and without history your future is unmoored -- we drift. It is art, never war,…

— Sharon E. McKay

“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

“That, he thought, was the essential purpose of art—to capture the universal in the everyday, which was particular to their here and now: the…

— Will Gompertz