Art Quote by Wendell Pierce

If Art does not enlarge men's sympathies, it does nothing morally.

— George Eliot

I think that art is an act of violence, and the more emotionally engaged you are in a piece of art, the more violent…

— Nicolas Winding Refn

Art is a jealous thing; it requires the whole and entire man.

— Michelangelo

At no point do I wish to be in conflict with any man or masculine thought. It doesn't enter my consciousness. Art is anonymous.…

— Barbara Hepworth

Some of the best art occurs when people are oppressed. That's just what we do as a species when something shakes us up.

— Pharrell Williams

Art is one of the few ways we have of dealing with things that frighten or anger us.

— Eric Drooker

I do have that mindset - that most good art comes from some turmoil, from someone trying to come to some equilibrium, or come…

— Ben Folds

Art is man's refuge from adversity.

— Menander

Art is maybe a subversive activity. There is a certain rebellion when you are an artist at heart, even if only in the art…

— Philippe Petit

All sensitive people agree that there is a peculiar emotion provoked by works of art.

— Clive Bell

I think there's just a lot of compassion in art. Again, when you're doing something that resonates with somebody else, you're going through an…

— Linda Ronstadt

If a man devotes himself to art, much evil is avoided that happens otherwise if one is idle.

— Albrecht Durer