Art Quote by Leo Tolstoy

“The goal of the artist is not to solve a question irrefutably, but to force people to love life in all its countless, inexhaustible…

— Leo Tolstoy

“But the artist appeals to that part of our being which is not dependent on wisdom; to that in us which is a gift…

— Joseph Conrad

“The artist's job is not to succumb to despair, but to find an antidote for the emptiness of existance”

— Woody Allen

What the artist must aim at above all else is this: to produce, by any process whatever, a work which by the life and…

— Medardo Rosso

The function of the artist is to provide what life does not.

— Tom Robbins

The artist appeals to that part of our being which is not dependent on wisdom; to that in us which is a gift and…

— Joseph Conrad

The goal of the artist is not to resolve life's mysteries, but to deepen them.

— Jerry Uelsmann

“The artist's life cannot be otherwise than full of conflicts, for two forces are at war within him; on the one hand, the common…

— Anonymous

[The artist] speaks to our capacity for delight and wonder, to the sense of mystery surrounding our lives; to our sense of pity, and…

— Joseph Conrad

“The light of artistic creation is also blinding. The artist can’t see the suffering he causes to those around him. And the’ll never understand…

— Ian McEwan

“But I tell you, nothing is pointless, and nothing is meaningless if the artist will face it. And it’s his business to face it.…

— Katherine Ann Porter

“If we are artists- hell, whether or not we're artists- it is our job, our responsibility, perhaps even our sacred calling, to take whatever…

— Dani Shapiro