Art Quote by Saul Bellow

Art has something to do with the arrest of attention in the midst of distraction.

— George Plimpton

Art has to do with the arrest of attention in the midst of distraction.

— Saul Bellow

I feel that art has something to do with the achievement of stillness in the midst of chaos. A stillness which characterizes prayer, too,…

— Saul Bellow

Art is about paying attention.

— Laurie Anderson

Art's purpose is to sober and quiet the mind so that it is in accord with what happens.

— John Cage

Art is not an amusement, nor a distraction, nor is it, as many men maintain, an escape from life. On the contrary, it is…

— Lawren Harris

Art is meant to disturb

— Georges Braque

Art is not about itself but the attention we bring to it.

— Marcel Duchamp

Art is born in attention.

— Julia Cameron

I feel that art has something to do with the achievement of stillness in the midst of chaos.

— Saul Bellow

Art has the power to influence and to make you react to something that you normally wouldn't concern, worry, or even think about or…

— Nicolas Winding Refn

“The problem is, of course, that art typically requires an audience, which loops us right back to the problem of observing actions and losing…

— Maggie Nelson