Art Quote by Joanne Harris

“The essence of all art is having pleasure giving pleasure.”

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

“It's beautiful to transcend generations and to just be inside an artistic work, together, enjoying what only a great artistic work can provide.”

— Peter Davis

“It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance, and I know of no substitute for the force and beauty of it's process.”

— Henry James

“The love of pleasure is destined by its very nature to defeat itself and end in frustration.”

— Thomas Merton

“I prioritize my creative pleasure. I enjoy expressing my artistic side and receive the gifts of doing so.”

— Amy Leigh Mercree

“Physical pleasure is awakening in me the desire for more pleasure in general.”

— Cheryl Richardson

“The most glorious works of art, the ones that bring the purest joy – perhaps they need not be touched or known, but seen…

— Michelle Cuevas

“The more a thing is perfect, the more it feels pleasure and pain.”

— Dante Alighieri

“There can be as much joy of giving pleasure as to receive it.”

— Anonymous

“There is a lot of satisfaction, a lot of joy, that can come from doing something you love and that you’re good at,”

— Elizabeth Berg

“It has come to this, that the lover of art is one, and the lover of nature another, though true art is but the…

— Henry David Thoreau

“The gift of words, the source of enjoyment, the source of delight that comes within and the unfading beauty and energy of words.”

— Euginia Herlihy