Art Quote by Robert Motherwell

It may be that the deep necessity of art is the examination of self-deception.

— Robert Motherwell

Art is the most beautiful deception of all. And although people try to incorporate the everyday events of life in it, we must hope…

— Claude Debussy

Art requires, above all things, a suppression of self, a subordination of one's self to an idea.

— Henry James

Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.

— Pablo Picasso

“art is self-sufficient and need serve no moral or political purpose”

— Walter Pater

Art is a deception that creates real emotions - a lie that creates a truth. And when you give yourself over to that deception,…

— Marco Tempest

Art is a necessity - an essential part of our enlightenment process. We cannot, as a civilized society, regard ourselves as being enlightened without…

— Ken Danby

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

— J. W. N. Sullivan

Art is an expression of joy and awe. It is not an attempt to share one's virtues and accomplishments with the audience, but an…

— David Mamet

Art never harms itself by keeping aloof from the social problems of the day: rather, by so doing, it more completely realises for us…

— Oscar Wilde

Art gives us the illusion of liberation from the sordid business of being.

— Fernando Pessoa

Art is a necessity, an essential part of our enlightenment process.

— Ken Danby