Quotes about Meaning
A still small voice spake unto me, 'Thou art so full of misery, Were it not better not to be?
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
Avant-garde is French for bullshit
— John Lennon
As far as I am concerned, a painting speaks for itself. What is the use of giving explanations, when all is said and done? A painter has only one language.
— Pablo Picasso
Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and pursuit, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim.
— Aristotle
Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim.
— Aristotle
The conscious utterance of thought, by speech or action, to any end, is art.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
True art takes note not merely of form but also of what lies behind.
— Mahatma Gandhi
I don't pretend to know anything about art. I make pictures for entertainment, and then the professors tell me what they mean.
— Walt Disney
Great art transcends its culture and touches on that which is eternal.
— Madeleine L'Engle
Art, I suppose, is only for beginners, who have made up in their minds to be content with symbols rather than with what they signify, with the elegantly composed recipe in lieu of actual dinner.
— Aldous Huxley
Art can teach without at all ceasing to be art.
— CS Lewis
It's not art for art's sake, it's art for my sake.
— DH Lawrence