Answers Quote by William Kurelek

Any man who can write a page of living prose adds something to our life, and the man who can, as I can, is…

— Raymond Chandler

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

— Leo Tolstoy

“I have no sympathy with the belief that art is the restricted province of those who paint, sculpt, make music and verse. I hope…

— Robert Henri

Creativity sometimes needs the protection of darkness, of being ignored. That is very obvious in the natural tendency many artists and writers have not…

— Marie-Louise von Franz

“So perhaps the reason I shuddered at the idea of writing something about 'Christian art' is that to paint a picture or to write…

— Madeleine L'Engle

In any society, the artist has a responsibility. His effectiveness is certainly limited and a painter or writer cannot change the world. But they…

— Luis Bunuel

In its primary aspect, a painting has no more spiritual message than an exquisite fragment of Venetian glass. The channels by which all noble…

— Oscar Wilde

Paintings must be understood through the eyes, and that's not the word either. No writing, no talking, no singing, no dancing will explain them.…

— Charles Demuth

I believe that the great painters with their intellect as master have attempted to force this unwilling medium of paint and canvas into a…

— Edward Hopper

Art is not the possession of the few who are recognized writers, painters, musicians; it is the authentic expression of any and all individuality.

— John Dewey

Painting is an extension of man's means of communication. As such, it's pure, difficult, and wonderful.

— Sidney Nolan

Maybe poets express more directly a sense of sympathy for other human beings. Painting is a little bit more of a retreat from human…

— Francesco Clemente