Art Quote by Paul Theroux

“There is no perception without memory. But good art surprise us. Good art reorients our expectations, forces us to break the pattern, to see…

— Siri Hustvedt

“If you could explain something perfectly, then you’d never need art.”

— Brandon Sanderson

“We must remember, however, that art is of value only to the extent that it speaks to us. It might be a universal language…

— Kakuzō Okakura

“Without art; without paintings, books, sculpture and music, the human soul would be quite impenetrable, don’t you think?”

— Jonathan Hull

“Art indeed may not change anything, and yet on some very basic level, life is insupportable without it.”

— Richard Matturro

“Tell me something boss. What do you think is the highest form of art? 'Literature," he answered without hesitation. 'Painters and sculptors require elaborate…

— Tiffany Reisz

“remember that art is as vital as food to a kingdom. Without it, a kingdom is nothing, and will be forgotten by time.”

— Sarah J. Maas

“You can not teach art, it's not to be taught, but felt and lived, or else it is naught.”

— Sabina Nore

“Authors are but the instrument to be played. The art is inside them, but many people help create it.”

— Love The Stacks Bookstore

“The arts which need interpretation are the arts of time -- music and poetry -- and not the arts of space -- sculpture and…

— Salvador de Madariaga

“You may not make sense out of the incomprehensible, but you can make art.”

— John Dufress

“What is art if not a concentrated and impassioned effort to make something with the little we have, the little we see?”

— Andre Dubus