Art Quote by Ursula K. Le Guin

“Art is the endeavour to sense the invisible rhythms that surround us, to discover their law, to turn chaos to order.”

— Ernst-Erik Pfannschmidt

“New forms of the artistic register are one of the infallible signs of an authentic moment.”

— Christopher Hitchens

“A great work of art, if it accomplishes anything, serves to remind us, or let us say to set us dreaming, of all that…

— Henry Miller

“...the special quality of works of Art being to produce the momentary conviction that anything else whatever could not possibly be so good.”

— M.P. Shiel

“The artist striving for truth or sincerity had to guard his spontaneous vision against distortion or alteration by aesthetic conventions or preconceptions.”

— Linda Nochlin

“Art transforms those that witness the creation, into philosophers, enquirers led down a path of mind; of quiet contemplation.”

— Erik S. Lehman

“Art is a spirit and soul thing. Anything else is mere desperation.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

“Art does not exist only to entertain -- but also to challenge one to think, to provoke, even to disturb, in a constant search…

— Barbra Streisand

“Art is always to an extent about trying to create order out of chaos.”

— Will Gompertz

“The artist’s secret lies in fear and awe. Our times have turned them into terror and dismay.”

— Hugo Ball

“It had all been fake, a choreographed event, but they could not escape the dread that rattled inside their chests. It was a testament…

— Kevin Wilson

“Every talent, every feeling, every acquirement; nay, even every tendency towards virtue, was used up as materials for fireworks; the hidden, sacred fire, exhausted…

— Elizabeth Gaskell