Remy de Gourmont Quotes

Art is not only about angst.

Art breathes into life a surplus that is both vital and extraordinary.

Artists make our lives livable and enjoyable.

Human requirements are the inspiration for art.

Art is everywhere, and everywhere is art.

Art is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it.

Art is spiritual.

Imagine a world without art: it's George Orwell's nightmare!

Art and life are inseparable.

I think there's something beautiful about the art of making art, and it just will live and breathe.

Life and art are inseparable.

Art, I've always believed, is more real than life.

Without painting, sculpture, music, poetry, and the emotions produced by natural beauty of every kind, life would lose half its charm.

I've always had a certain fascination. It's basically paint what you know, and this is what I grew up with.

Art is a sense of magic.

Art is the daughter of freedom.

An artist is he for whom the goal and center of life is to form his mind.

People come to see beauty, and I dance to give it to them.

Art is something you can't teach, but you can inspire it.

Art gives people a reason to be alive.

Artists in each of the arts seek after and care for nothing but love.

Art is the stored honey of the human soul, gathered on wings of misery and travail.

I was brought up feeling that art is a very important part of one's life. It's something that I not only enjoy, it's something I can share with others.

I think of art as the highest level of creativity. To me, it is one of the greatest sources of enjoyment.

Inspiration is an awakening, a quickening of all man's faculties, and it is manifested in all high artistic achievements.