Art Quote by William Saroyan

art is the pulse of a nation.

— Gertrude Stein

Poverty is the great reality. That is why the artist seeks it.

— Anais Nin

“You will hear people say that poverty is the best spur to the artist. They have never felt the iron of it in their…

— W. Somerset Maugham

If all you boast of your great art be true; Sure, willing poverty lives most in you.

— Ben Jonson

It is the great privilege of poverty to be happy and yet unenvied, to be healthy with physic, secure without a guard, and to…

— Samuel Johnson

In general it can be said that a nation's art is greatest when it most reflects the character of its people.

— Edward Hopper

Poverty is the discoverer of all the arts.

— Apuleius

“A nation could be full of great potentials and yet be poor and underdeveloped if those potentials are not recognized and harnessed to build…

— CLEMENT OGEDEGBE

“There is no greater poverty, than poverty of the mind.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“Men who create art feel a zillion times happier than men who create wealth. Art lives on but wealth diminishes.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

“Art Is One if Life's Richest Offerings. For those who have not the talent to create, there is appreciation.”

— Nathanael West

“Better poetry than riches, Better poverty than fortunes.”

— Stephan Attia