Art Quote by John Ruskin

All that is good in art is the expression of one soul talking to another, and is precious according to the greatness of the…

— John Ruskin

All great art is by its very essence in conflict with the society with which it exists. It expresses the truth about the existence…

— Erich Fromm

Great art is more than a transient refreshment. It is something which adds to the permanent richness of the soul's self-attainment. It justifies itself…

— Alfred North Whitehead

Art is the soul of a people.

— Romare Bearden

I believe that all great art holds the power to dissolve things: time, distance, difference, injustice, alienation, despair. I believe that all great art…

— Tilda Swinton

The underlying purpose of all art is to create patterns of imagery which somehow convey a sense of life set in a framework of…

— Christopher Booker

Great art must be a living thing, or it is not art at all.

— Bill Reid

Art is giving to what you create a soul.

— Rithy Panh

The work of art itself is . . . a vibrant, magical, and exemplary object which returns us to the world in some way…

— Susan Sontag

Art is the pleasure of a spirit that enters nature and discovers that it too has a soul.

— Auguste Rodin

All great art is the expression of man's delight in God's work, not his own.

— John Ruskin

Every great work of art should be considered like any work of nature. First of all from the point of view of its aesthetic…

— Amedeo Modigliani