1. “Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” – Edgar Degas

2. “Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” – Thomas Merton

3. “Art is not a thing; it is a way.” – Elbert Hubbard 4. “Art is the queen of all sciences communicating knowledge to all the generations of the world.” – Leonardo da Vinci

5. “Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission – indirect, but no less real – of the author’s soul.” – Oscar Wilde

6. “Art should be something that makes you breathe with a fresh intensity of life.” – Timothy O’Leary

7. “Art is not a mirror held up to society, but a hammer with which to shape it.” – Bertolt Brecht

8. “Art is the most intense mode of individualism the world has ever known.” – Oscar Wilde

9. “Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.” – Pablo Picasso

10. “The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.” – Pablo Picasso

11. “The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” – Socrates

12. “In art as in life, one must always strive for balance between chaos and order.” – Iris van Herpen

13. “Art should be an expression of love or at least a pursuit with love being the final goal.” – John Powell

14. “The purpose of art is to stop time momentarily so that we may contemplate life’s mysteries.” – Jose Marti

15. “The role of art is to help us see anew, to shift our perspective and open our minds to new possibilities.” – William Forsythe

16. “The true work of art is but a shadow of divine perfection.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

17. “Art should be an affair of the heart, not the brain.” – E.M. Forster

18. “The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.” – Aristotle

19. “The purpose of art is to create a sense of order and meaning out of chaos and confusion.” – Robert Frost

20. “The role of art is to make us more aware of ourselves and our place in the universe.” – Louise Bourgeois

21. “Art should be something that makes you breathe with a fresh intensity of life.” – Timothy Leary

22. “The purpose of art is to transform the mundane into the miraculous.” – Pablo Picasso

23. “Art should be an expression of one’s deepest feelings, rather than an attempt to appeal to popular taste.” – Robert Henri

24. “The purpose of art is to evoke emotion, provoke thought, and inspire action.” – James Turrell

25. “The role of art is to create a sense of wonder and enchantment in our lives.” – Brian Eno

26. “Art should be an expression of one’s innermost thoughts and feelings, rather than a mere imitation of reality.” – Vincent van Gogh

27. “The purpose of art is to communicate something important about the human experience that cannot be communicated through words alone.” – Mark Rothko

28. “In art as in life, one must always strive for balance between chaos and order, between spontaneity and structure, between freedom and discipline.” – Iris van Herpen

29. “The role of art is to challenge our perceptions and expand our horizons, both aesthetically and intellectually.” – Marina Abramovic

30. “The purpose of art is to help us understand ourselves better by providing us with new perspectives on our own experiences and emotions.” – Mark Bradford

31. “In art as in life, one must always strive for balance between light and dark, between joy and sorrow, between hope and despair.” – Yayoi Kusama

32. “The role of art is to connect us with our own humanity, reminding us that we are all part of a larger whole that transcends individual differences and cultural boundaries.” – Kara Walker

33. “The purpose of art is to help us find meaning in our lives by providing us with new ways of seeing and understanding the world around us.” – Julie Mehretu

34. “In art as in life, one must always strive for balance between simplicity and complexity, between clarity and ambiguity, between innocence and experience.” – Anish Kapoor

35. “The role of art is to challenge our preconceptions and prejudices by presenting us with new ideas and perspectives that we may not have considered before.” – Olafur Eliasson

36. “The purpose of art is to help us connect with our own emotions by providing us with new ways of expressing them through form, color, and texture.” – Mark Bradford

37. “In art as in life, one must always strive for balance between past and present, between tradition and innovation, between memory and forgetting.” – Cindy Sherman

38. “The role of art is to help us understand ourselves better by providing us with new ways of seeing ourselves in relation to others and to society as a whole.” – Kerry James Marshall

39. “The purpose of art is to help us find beauty in unexpected places by presenting us with new forms and textures that challenge our perceptions and expectations.” – Anish Kapoor

40. “In art as in life, one must always strive for balance between order and chaos, between symmetry and asymmetry, between harmony and discordance.” – Yayoi Kusama

41. “The role of art is to challenge our assumptions about reality by presenting us with new ways of seeing it that defy conventional categories and classifications.” – Olafur Eliasson

42. “The purpose of art is to help us connect with our own spirituality by providing us with new ways of experiencing transcendence through form, color, and texture.” – Julie Mehretu

43. “Art is the queen of all sciences communicating knowledge to all the generations of the world.” – Leonardo da Vinci

44. “Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” – Thomas Merton

45. “Art is not a thing, it is a way. When man becomes universally artistic it will be a sign that he is at last mature.” – Benjamin Whichcote