Art Quote by Giuseppe Mazzini

The modern work of art, as I have said, is a symbol.

— Herbert Read

...art must must carry man's craving for the ideal, must be an expression of his reaching out towards it; that art must give man…

— Andrei Tarkovsky

The purpose of art is... to press forward into the whole of the external world and the soul, to see and communicate those objective…

— Max Scheler

Art is the creation of forms symbolic of human feeling.

— Susanne Katherina Langer

Art is a human activity having for its purpose the transmission to others of the highest and best feelings to which men have risen.

— Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy

Art could be said to be a symbol of the universe, being linked with that absolute spiritual truth which is hidden from us in…

— Andrei Tarkovsky

Art is the concrete artifact of faith and expectation, the realization of a world that would otherwise be little more than a veil of…

— Stephen King

The real meaning of art lies behind it.

— Kendall Roa

Art is about communication. Art that lasts through the ages works symbolically. It triggers feelings and experiences that we've all had.

— Gary Holland

Art does not imitate, but interpret.

— Giuseppe Mazzini

The purpose of art is to represent the meaning of things. This represents the true reality, not external aspects.

— Aristotle

Art is the means by which we communicate what it feels like to be alive - in the past, that was mixed up with…

— Antony Gormley