Apathy Quote by William H. Gass

Art is only a means to life, to the life more abundant. It is not in itself the life more abundant. It merely points…

— Henry Miller

The work of art itself is . . . a vibrant, magical, and exemplary object which returns us to the world in some way…

— Susan Sontag

Art is one of the prime ways we have of opening ourselves and going beyond ourselves. That's what art is: it's the product of…

— Ali Smith

Art is excitement which if we can't create ourselves, we can at least, through love of it, make available to others.

— Vincent Price

Unless the work of art has wholly exhausted its maker's attention, it fails. This is why works of great significance are demanding and why…

— Guy Davenport

Art exists through the act of making. It has to somehow be made manifest to another person. It has to do with what one…

— Philip Taaffe

All people are struggling to be creative in some way, and the artist is the one who has succeeded in this task of life.

— Rollo May

Unless the work of art has wholly exhausted its makers attention, it fails. This is why works of great significance are demanding and why…

— Guy Davenport

The great thing about art on any level is that it can speak to all people if it's achieved properly.

— Kate Bush

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

— Shepard Fairey

In human life, art may arise from almost any activity, and once it does so, it is launched on a long road of exploration,…

— Susanne Katherina Langer

Some sort of pressure must exist; the artist exists because the world is not perfect. Art would be useless if the world were perfect,…

— Andrei Tarkovsky