Alarms Quote by Kurt Vonnegut

It's probable that in the artistic hierarchy birds are the greatest musicians existing on our planet.

— Olivier Messiaen

Artists are often the barometers of society.

— Nancy Pearcey

The job of the artist is to deepen the mystery

— Francis Bacon Sr

The observation of nature is part of an artist's life.

— Henry Moore

“Artists are out of step with the world. Yet their works can give us a clearer picture of who we are.”

— Ivan Fernandez

An artist's job is to be interested in things as they are.

— George Saunders

“An artist's role is to make you realize the doom and glory of knowing who you are and what you are.”

— James Baldwin

The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.

— Francis Bacon

Artists are useful to society because they are so sensitive. They are supersensitive. They keel over like canaries in coal mines filled with poison…

— Kurt Vonnegut

Know that the secret of the arts is to correct nature.

— Voltaire

“Art is the endeavour to sense the invisible rhythms that surround us, to discover their law, to turn chaos to order.”

— Ernst-Erik Pfannschmidt

Re-creative artists are investigators.

— William Boughton