Art Quote by Penn Jillette

The purpose of art is to accumulate the human within the human being.

— Svetlana Alexievich

Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.

— Thomas Merton

Art is a way of taking distance. The pathological or therapeutic aspects exist, but just as catalysts.

— Sophie Calle

The purpose of art is... to press forward into the whole of the external world and the soul, to see and communicate those objective…

— Max Scheler

The purpose of art is to raise people to a higher level of awareness than they would otherwise attain on their own.

— Brassai

“Through its creative power, art may trigger approximation, reconciliation and harmonization between individuals and peoples. Through art, beings can meet and exchange their points…

— Erik Pevernagie

Art is the image of life, it's purpose simply to enhance it.

— Julian Casablancas

Art is an intersection of many human needs.

— Carl Andre

In human life, art may arise from almost any activity, and once it does so, it is launched on a long road of exploration,…

— Susanne Katherina Langer

The final purpose of art is to intensify, even, if necessary, to exacerbate, the moral consciousness of people.

— Norman Mailer

... it is certain that the real function of art is to increase our self-consciousness

— J. W. N. Sullivan

... Art is a soaring exercise of the human imagination.

— Daniel Bell