Affair Quote by Michael Kimmelman

The good we get from art is not what we learn from it; it is what we become through it.

— Oscar Wilde

The understanding of art depends finally upon one's willingness to extend one's humanity and one's knowledge of human life.

— Ralph Ellison

Every good piece of art... involves first essentially the evidence of human skill, and the formation of an actually beautiful thing by it.

— John Ruskin

Art is really predicated upon the experiences that you've had in your life. You only have to share what you've consumed.

— Jared Leto

Common observation and a plain understanding is the source of all art.

— Anonymous

Art is the attention we pay to the wholeness of the world.

— Guy Davenport

Some like to think that a keen appreciation of art can actually make us better people - more just, more moral, more sensitive, more…

— Paul Auster

It is obvious that art cannot teach anyone anything, since in four thousand years humanity has learnt nothing at all. We should long ago…

— Andrei Tarkovsky

We live through books; we have adventures in them, we lead alternative lives through them. We expand our memories through them. And that sometimes…

— Anthony Doerr

Art is fundamental, unique to each of us...Even in difficult economic times - especially in difficult economic times, the arts are essential.

— Maria Shriver

Our time and attention is scarce. Art is not that important to us, no matter what we might like to believe.

— Tyler Cowen

Art is an irreplaceable way of understanding and expressing the world,

— Dana Gioia