Art Quote by Gregory Maguire

I mean, art for art's sake is ridiculous. Art is for the sake of one's needs.

— Carl Andre

I like people that challenge their art, not only in the purist way, but also in terms of how they could provoke and make…

— Guy Laliberte

Art is the final cunning of the human soul which would rather do anything than face the gods.

— Iris Murdoch

Art should offend people because art should challenge people.

— Eriq La Salle

“it is widely believed that the purpose of art is to challenge, to question, to transgress, never to celebrate, to harmonise, to console, to…

— Theodore Dalrymple

Art is magic, not logic. This craze for the logical spirit in irrational shape is part of the present harmful mania for uniformity.

— Edith Sitwell

“Art does not exist only to entertain -- but also to challenge one to think, to provoke, even to disturb, in a constant search…

— Barbra Streisand

Sometimes it's good to get mad, sometimes it clarifies where we stand. I think that art has the ability to challenge and push, and…

— Laurel Nakadate

The function of art is to struggle against obligation.

— Amedeo Modigliani

Art is a mind-game that we do to make our lives easier. If it isn't for that, it becomes superfluous.

— Yoko Ono

But as an artiste, I want to challenge myself because that is what art is all about.

— Amit Sadh

The duty of the artist is not to be calculating in any sense, so that he may be free himself of human emotions while…

— Karel Appel