Art Quote by Nadine Gordimer

Art is an affirmation of life, a rebuttal of death. And here we blunder into paradox again, for during the creation of any form…

— Madeleine L'Engle

Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction.

— Anonymous

What is art but the denial of life?

— Fernando Pessoa

Every great work of art ... is a celebration, an act of insubordination against the betrayals, horrors and infidelities of life.

— Azar Nafisi

Art is only a means to life, to the life more abundant. It is not in itself the life more abundant. It merely points…

— Henry Miller

The work of art expresses precisely those things which do not die. It must do so, however, in a form that bears witness to…

— Constantin Brancusi

“Art destroys the life.”

— Irving Stone

We have art in order not to die of life.

— Albert Camus

Art is an action against death. It is a denial of death.

— Jacques Lipchitz

“Writing and other efforts to produce an enduring piece of artwork is a gallant response to the prospect of death. Every person knows that…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“Now, as never before, it was clear to him that art is always, ceaselessly, occupied with two things. It constantly reflects on death and…

— Boris Pasternak

“Art can only progress towards its own self-annihilation.”

— Richard Appignanesi