Art Quote by Herbert Read

Works of art must persist as objects of contemplation.

— Herbert Read

Any idealism is a proper subject for art.

— Lafcadio Hearn

Nature I believe in. True art aims to, represent men and women, not as my little self would have them, but as they appear.…

— Ouida

While I recognize the necessity for a basis of observed reality... true art lies in a reality that is felt.

— Odilon Redon

Forms in art arise from the impact of idea upon material... so that thinking and belief and attitudes may endure as actual things.

— Ben Shahn

“Ideals are like an image of reality at a given time from a given reality. Just like no photograph of a person can truly…

— Awdhesh Singh

Idealism, though just in its premises, and often daring and honest in their application, is stultified by the exclusive intellectualism of its own methods:…

— Evelyn Underhill

As an artist, where do you conjure these concepts? They come through you instead of through cognitive thought.

— Nick Littlemore

By translating their inner turmoil or understanding into art, artists challenge the accepted notions of reality and create new ones.

— Wes Nisker

For art to be reality, the whole sensuous being must be caught up in the experience.

— Margaret Mead

Whether art is defined as a representation of or response to reality, it demands an intense engagement with things we haven't managed to understand…

— Joanna Scott

Art is a form of consciousness.

— Susan Sontag