Art Quote by Rick Hanson

“Pain fuels artistry and creativity. Harness your suffering and become a master of your art.”

— Michelle C. Hillstrom

“What we encounter in works of art and philosophy are objective versions of our own pains and struggles, evoked and defined in sound, language…

— Alain de Botton

“Art is not alone in imparting charm and mystery to the most insignificant things; pain is endowed with the same power to bring them…

— Marcel Proust

I suppose I do believe that the greatest art consoles a wound that it creates, that art can give you the capacity to endure…

— Christian Wiman

“My personal philosophy is that you do art to experience emotion that you don't have the luxury of experiencing in real life.”

— Kinan Azmeh

Suffering is the main condition of the artistic experience.

— Samuel Beckett

Pain s the truth of art. Art is not a hobby or a pastime. It is the result of an internal battle royal, one…

— Seth Godin

Art is a kind of artificial memory and the pain which attends all serious art is a sense of that factitiousness.

— Iris Murdoch

If my art has nothing to do with people's pain and sorrow, what is 'art' for?

— Ai Weiwei

“The Work of Art. When I watch the audience at a concert or the crowd in the picture gallery I ask myself sometimes what…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“Art is pleasurable, and that adds value to life. It’s also inspirational and influential. It isn’t the same thing as being the one to…

— Nicole Ciacchella

“Wonderful art can spring from misery,I'm the last person to deny that.I'd go even further:the best works of art of all time are probably…

— Esther Verhoef