Art is the production of objects for consumption, to be used and discarded while waiting for a new world in which man will have succeeded in freeing himself of everything, even of his own consciousness.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Art is only a means to life, to the life more abundant. It is not in itself the life more abundant. It merely points the way, something which is overlooked not only by the public, but very often by the artist himself. In becoming an end it defeats itself.
Art is the means by which we communicate what it feels like to be alive - in the past, that was mixed up with other illustrative duties, but that was still its central function that has been liberated in the art called modern.
Art is an expression of who we are, what we believe, and what we dream about.
Art is not a treasure in the past or an importation from another land, but part of the present life of all living and creating peoples.
Art is the stored honey of the human soul, gathered on wings of misery and travail.
Art's a very metaphysical activity. It's something that enriches the parameters of your life, the possibilities of being, and you touch transcendence and you change your life. And you want to change the life of others, too. That's why people are involved with art.
Art is not in some far-off place. A work of art is the expression of a man's whole personality, sensibility and ability.
Art is about the messy and marvelous business of coming to your senses - and also, to the senses of the world.
Art is the window to man's soul. Without it, he would never be able to see beyond his immediate world; nor could the world see the man within.
Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of his personality to the world he lives in.