Art Quote by 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

All great art originates from the innocent child within us expressing itself through the wisdom, experience and skill of an adult.

— Richard Schmid

Great art suspends the reverted eye, the lamented past, the anticipated future: we enter with it into the timeless present; we are with God…

— Ken Wilber

Great art transcends its culture and touches on that which is eternal.

— Madeleine L'Engle

“Great art comes from passion, from a need to expose human spirit in the face of mortality, the small cruelties and heroisms that make…

— Deb Margolis

All great art is the work of the whole living creature, body and soul, and chiefly of the soul.

— John Ruskin

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

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 the expression of man's delight in God's work, not his own.

— John Ruskin

All great art is revolutionary because it touches upon the reality of man and questions the reality of the various transitory forms of human…

— Eric Hoffer

The greatest art comes out of warmth and conviction and deep feeling, but then, very few people, even geniuses, have all that.

— Katherine Anne Porter

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

— Bill Reid