Accepted Quote by Salman Rushdie

Art has no other object than to set aside the symbols of practical utility, the generalities that are conventionally and socially accepted, everything in…

— Henri Bergson

Whether art is defined as a representation of or response to reality, it demands an intense engagement with things we haven't managed to understand…

— Joanna Scott

The function of art is to bring people into greater touch with reality, and yet our movie houses and family rooms are jammed with…

— Edward Albee

I believe art is a way to attune to what reality is, which is a weird reality.

— Timothy Morton

By translating their inner turmoil or understanding into art, artists challenge the accepted notions of reality and create new ones.

— Wes Nisker

Making reality real is art's responsibility.

— Eudora Welty

One of the challenges to our nation today is overcoming the notion that art is kind of a nice-to-have, when in reality art is…

— John Maeda

For art to be reality, the whole sensuous being must be caught up in the experience.

— Margaret Mead

I think that art has the ability to capture people's imaginations and make them think that more is possible.

— Shepard Fairey

I think of art as coming from daily life, daily experience. I think it's very important not to have it become work for some…

— Ai Weiwei

Art is doing something you really believe in.

— Ray Toro

Art is a mind-game that we do to make our lives easier. If it isn't for that, it becomes superfluous.

— Yoko Ono