Art Quote by Mervyn Levy

Art demands persistent work, work in spite of everything, and continuous observations. By persistent, I mean not only continuous work, but also not giving…

— Vincent Van Gogh

For art to be reality, the whole sensuous being must be caught up in the experience.

— Margaret Mead

Art is doing something you really believe in.

— Ray Toro

The only quality that endures in art is a personal vision of the world. Methods are transient: personality is enduring.

— Edward Hopper

Art inspires, produces an unwillingness to settle for what we have and a desire for something better. It is the product and producer of…

— Russell L. Ackoff

Works of art must persist as objects of contemplation.

— Herbert Read

The ultimate justification of the work of art is to help the spectator to become a work of art himself.

— Bernard Berenson

Art demands constant observation.

— Vincent Van Gogh

Art has to keep moving and discovering to stay alive.

— Bill Watterson

Art is nature as seen through a temperament.

— Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot

Art is man's constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to him.

— Chinua Achebe

“Art requires contemplation that focuses attention on the viewer developing a relationship with the work of art, not merely passively receiving a message.”

— Daniel A. Siedell