Art Quote by Rebecca West

Art is not a plaything, but a necessity, and its essence, form, is not a decorative adjustment, but a cup into which life can…

— Rebecca West

“In other words, art is a realm entirely separated from the interests of real life-a refuge for detached and gifted souls from sordid political…

— DeWitt Henry Parker

“For me, art is the desire to preserve the intangible feeling of such a moment, hidden in all the littlest details, and then to…

— Rachel Hartman

“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

“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

Art is an attempt to give substance to existence.

— Sondra Horton Fraleigh

“Art has something to do with beauty. The act of creating beauty pulls the portion of your soul to the surface that is true…

— Timothy Simpson

“As he scribbled his odds and ends, he made a note reaffirming his belief that art always serves beauty, and beauty is delight in…

— Boris Pasternak

“It must be remembered that no art lives by nature, only by acts of voluntary attention on the part of human individuals. When these…

— C.S. Lewis

“Art doesn’t give rise to anything in us that isn’t already there. It simply stirs our curious consciousness and sparks a fire that illuminates…

— Kamand Kojouri

The point of art is not simply to express ourselves, but to create an external, concrete form in which the soul of our lives…

— Clarissa Pinkola Estes

“Art is creative for the sake of realization, not for amusement: for transfiguration, not for the sake of play. It is the quest of…

— Max Beckmann