Elizabeth Bowen Quotes

The value of art is in the observer.

I think that the destructive element is too much neglected in art.

I believe that true art is universal in its appeal.

The purpose of art is to collide the intellectual and visceral together at the highest speed possible.

We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth, at least the truth that is given to us to understand.

Art evokes emotion. It doesn't have to be a thing of beauty.

When someone's really good at encapsulating human emotion and putting it out in a form that can reach a variety of people, that's going to have a big effect when he's no longer there.

Art is truth.

Is the Mona Lisa an 'accurate' representation of the actual human model for the painting? Who knows? Who cares? It's a great piece of art. It moves us. It makes us wonder, makes us gape - finally makes us look inward at ourselves.

We do not judge great art. It judges us.

I think art can reflect tragedy.

No matter how much we scorn it, kitsch is an integral part of the human condition.

Art is an attempt to integrate evil.

Condemning art as manipulative is a non sequitur, of course. All art is manipulative.

Artists don't make objects. Artists make mythologies.

Music must take rank as the highest of the fine arts - as the one which, more than any other, ministers to the human spirit.

Music and language are a vital element. We, as actors and directors, offer it to people who want to experience it. Sometimes the actual meaning is less important than the words themselves.

I think the point of art is to be controversial in a lot of ways. It's to cause conversations, and it's to get people excited about and talking about the things that the films are about.

Variety is more than a means of avoiding boredom, since art is more than an entertainment of the senses.

Music happens to be an art form that transcends language.

The value of music is not dazzling yourself and others with technique.

What interests me most is when a work of art is no longer just an object, but also touches reality and life.

Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.

Art brings a message into a room. It should make us perceive in a new way - either through color, form or narrative content - something we had not perceived before... and perhaps reveal something to you about yourself.

Good art in general aspires to something, as a good painting aspires to something, almost spiritual or holy.