Art Quote by Henry Fuseli

Art among a religious race produces reliques [sic]; among a military one, trophies; among a commercial one, articles of trade.

— Henry Fuseli

Arts are a luxury, proof that a civilization has risen above 'politics and war.'

— Nell Scovell

Art is the signature of civilizations.

— Beverly Sills

Art is the consciousness of currency.

— Andrew Lakey

Art is always the index of social vitality, the moving finger that records the destiny of a civilization. A wise statesman should keep an…

— Herbert Read

Historically, art has always had a market. When one medieval fiefdom defeated another they would drag back its jewels, gold, tapestries and art objects…

— Arne Glimcher

Art is an instrument in the war against the enemy.

— Pablo Picasso

art is the pulse of a nation.

— Gertrude Stein

Art is by nature promotional, pushing beliefs, broadcasting status, aggrandizing personalities.

— Holland Cotter

The arts are the signature of a nation.

— Joan Mondale

Art is not a treasure in the past or an importation from another land, but part of the present life of all living and…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Basically all the art we know in history books, the business model for that art was not unit sales. It was patronage. It was…

— Jack Conte