Art Quote by Peter M. Brant

Works of art are meant to be lived with and loved, and if we try to understand them, we should try to understand them…

— William H. Gass

“Ideally, art would give us the answers that other people don't. This might even be one of the main points of literature: to tell…

— Alain de Botton

I'm not as much a history person as an art person, but I mean, you can read history through art.

— Kristen Wiig

Art historical reference is like learning to drive a car - you always know how to drive even though you're not analysing how.

— Cornelia Parker

Art must unquestionably have a social value; that is, as a potential means of communication it must be addressed, and in comprehensible terms, to…

— Rockwell Kent

You don't have to know anything about art to appreciate it or to look at it. There aren't any hidden secrets or things that…

— Keith Haring

Art is essentially communication. It doesn't exist in a vacuum. That's why people make art, so other people can relate to it.

— Conor Oberst

Art is about communication. Art that lasts through the ages works symbolically. It triggers feelings and experiences that we've all had.

— Gary Holland

The making of art is a profoundly social activity, even if it’s one-on-one with some sort of ideal reader who doesn’t exist.

— August Kleinzahler

I'm more interested in history and culture than art.

— Richard Bacon

I think with art you have to do a bit of transforming of the subject to make the art worth having.

— Matthew Collings

“Whenever I listen to an artist or an art historian I'm struck by how much they see and how much they know --and how…

— William Knowlton Zinsser