Art Quote by Franz Kafka

The artist does not have to suffer to show suffering.

— David Lynch

Suffering is the main condition of the artistic experience.

— Samuel Beckett

Perhaps it is that great suffering is necessary to produce great art.

— Victor Banerjee

“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

Stories always have held conflicts and contrasts, highs and lows, life and death situations. And there can be much suffering in stories, but now…

— David Lynch

“Suffering is supposed to be the raw stuff of art.”

— Jay McInerney

Out of suffering comes creativity. You cannot spell painting without pain.

— Anonymous

Art is only a way of expressing pain.

— John Lennon

I think art is a healing force, and if we give in to the joy that can be found in art, then we are…

— Ntozake Shange

“Artists thrive on suffering.”

— Irving Stone

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

— John Currin

“God smiles to calm me and it works. He says, 'They don't realize what they're losing when they bring suffering upon themselves in the…

— Penelope Przekop