Appreciation Quote by Nathanael West

“Art and life are seen to be rich and mutually enriching”

— Neville Weston

“Art is not merely a decorative enhancement of our lives, but a sign of our desire to live in the world fully and honestly.”

— Jan Zwicky

“Though a living cannot be made from art, art makes life worth living. It makes starving, living.”

— Anonymous

“I wish art was like money in that the more I made, the more interest it developed and plentiful it became. Money makes money,…

— Jarod Kintz

“Art always reaches its peak where it becomes the life interest of a people.”

— Stefan Zweig

“The function of art is to make people like life more than they do.”

— Kurt Vonnegut

“Art provides us with clues about how to live our lives more fully...about how creating, collecting, and even just appreciating art can make daily…

— Michael Kimmelman

“It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance, and I know of no substitute for the force and beauty of it's process.”

— Henry James

“Great art, I've always felt, is like a pearl; thousands of layers of creativity and sensibility built up around an inner core of money.”

— K.J. Parker

Art was not created as a way to riches. Strive to become a true artist; all else will take care of itself.

— Robert Schumann

“After all, our main business in art, as in life, is to strive. Honest effort meets with its own reward, even where it does…

— Aubertine Woodward Moore

“The most beautiful work of art that we can create is this life.”

— Kristi Bowman