Art Quote by Terence McKenna

The artist’s task is to save the soul of mankind; and anything less is a dithering while Rome burns. Because of the artists, who…

— Terence McKenna

Art is the final cunning of the human soul which would rather do anything than face the gods.

— Iris Murdoch

Art can compel people freely, gladly, and spontaneously to sacrifice themselves in the service of man.

— Leo Tolstoy

I always think that art is a form of sacrifice.

— Alejandro Jodorowsky

Art is a spiritual, immaterial respite from the hardships of life.

— Fernando Botero

Art is the gift of God, and must be used unto His glory.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.

— Thomas Merton

Making art was really about the problem of the soul, of losing it. It was a technique for inhabiting the world. For not dissolving…

— Rachel Kushner

I think we [with Riccardo Tisci] share a sensibility about art - we pull from the ancient future.

— Erykah Badu

Art is a spiritual practice. We may not, and need not, do it perfectly.

— Julia Cameron

I think firmly that art is no use to anyone unless it offers some kind of consolation or hope.

— Nick Hornby

I think that at the bottom of all art lies the impulse to preserve.

— Philip Larkin