Art Quote by Madeleine L'Engle

... it is certain that the real function of art is to increase our self-consciousness

— J. W. N. Sullivan

Art is a form of consciousness.

— Susan Sontag

Art, unless it leads to right action, is no more than the opium of an intelligentsia.

— W. Somerset Maugham

Art is the communication of ecstasy.

— P.D. Ouspensky

That is the way convince people. Or change them and prevent them from hurting whether themselves and others. Art is the most effective form…

— Jennifer Echols

Art is a way of taking distance. The pathological or therapeutic aspects exist, but just as catalysts.

— Sophie Calle

I do think that drugs and alcohol have been glorified and exoticized in such a way that it gets into the art world.

— Heath Ledger

Art is meant to bring people together. It's meant to raise consciousness.

— Brandon Victor Dixon

Art grows out of modes of perception that make you feel and think...that hooks on to something deep-running in our natures.

— Robert Hughes

To engage with art, we have to be willing to be wrong, venture outside our psychic comfort zones, suspend disbelief, and remember that art…

— Jerry Saltz

Art-making is just another part of the consciousness industry.

— Hans Haacke

Art is, like magic, the science of manipulating symbols, words or images to achieve changes in consciousness

— Alan Moore