Art Quote by Michel Foucault

What strikes me is the fact that in our society, art has become something which is only related to objects, and not to individuals,…

— Michel Foucault

Why should the lamp or the house be an art object but not our life?

— Michel Foucault

Art is not the most precious manifestation of life. Art has not the celestial and universal value that people like to attribute to it.…

— Tristan Tzara

Art is a reflection on life. Life isn’t something we can cut and fix. It’s always in a state of flux.

— El Anatsui

I believe we have to put art back at the center of everyday life rather than allowing it to become a specialist activity at…

— Martin Firrell

We are concerned with the relationship between art and life. Contemporary art is only intelligible in terms of its relationship to our life.

— David Elliott

Art matters not merely because it is the most magnificent ornament and the most nearly unfailing occupation of our lives, but because it is…

— Randall Jarrell

Art is not living. It is the use of living.

— Audre Lorde

I think of art as coming from daily life, daily experience. I think it's very important not to have it become work for some…

— Ai Weiwei

One thing that makes art different from life is that in art things have a shape... it allows us to fix our emotions on…

— Marilyn French

Art should be life. It's an imitation of life. It should have some humanity in it.

— John Lydon

Life may as properly be called an art as any other.

— Henry Fielding