Art Quote by Glenn Gould

The justification of art is the internal combustion it ignites in the hearts of men, and not its shallow, externalized, public manifestations.

— Glenn Gould

The purpose of art is not the release of a momentary ejection of adrenaline but rather the gradual, lifelong construction of a state of…

— Glenn Gould

Art is not an amusement, nor a distraction, nor is it, as many men maintain, an escape from life. On the contrary, it is…

— Lawren Harris

The purpose of art: to make the unconscious conscious.

— Richard Wagner

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

“We have no other means of recognising a work of art than our feeling for it. The objects that provoke aesthetic emotion vary with…

— Clive Bell

Art is the one form of human energy in the whole world, which really works for union, and destroys the barriers between man and…

— John Galsworthy

Art is the expression of those beauties and emotions that stir the human soul.

— Howard Pyle

“Art must always stand guard against stirring emotions that lie outside the aesthetic: sexual arousal, terror, disgust, shock.”

— Milan Kundera

“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

“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

The point of art is not simply to express ourselves, but to create an external, concrete form in which the soul of our lives…

— Clarissa Pinkola Estes