Inspirational Art Quotes

Inspirational art quotes tap into the wellspring of creativity and passion that lies at the heart of artistic expression. They can ignite a spark in anyone who has ever felt the urge to create, whether they’re a seasoned artist or someone just starting out.

Inspirational Art Quotes

1. “Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.”
— Pablo Picasso

2. “Every artist was first an amateur.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson

3. “Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.”
— Pablo Picasso

4. “Creativity takes courage.”
— Henri Matisse

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

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

7. “To be an artist is to believe in life.”
— Henry Moore

8. “Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.”
— Edgar Degas

9. “Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.”
— Twyla Tharp

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

11. “Art is the journey of a free soul.”
— Alev Oguz

12. “Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.”
— Pablo Picasso

13. “The artist is not a different kind of person, but every person is a different kind of artist.”
— Eric Gill

14. “Art must be an integral part of life. To be an artist is not a job. It is a way of living.”
— Elena Levushkina

15. “The world always seems brighter when you’ve just made something that wasn’t there before.”
— Neil Gaiman

16. “Art is freedom. Being able to bend things most people see as a straight line.”
— Unknown

17. “An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one.”
— Charles Horton Cooley

18. “The principles of true art is not to portray, but to evoke.”
— Jerzy Kosinski

19. “Art is not a thing, it is a way.”
— Elbert Hubbard

20. “The artist sees what others only catch a glimpse of.”
— Leonardo da Vinci

21. “Art speaks where words are unable to explain.”
— Unknown

22. “To create one’s own world in any of the arts takes courage.”
— Georgia O’Keeffe

23. “Art is a line around your thoughts.”
— Gustav Klimt

24. “Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.”
— Scott Adams

25. “Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.”
— Banksy

26. “Art is the stored honey of the human soul.”
— Theodore Dreiser

27. “The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.”
— Francis Bacon

28. “Artistic talent is a gift from God and whoever discovers it in himself has a certain obligation: to know that he cannot waste this talent, but must develop it.”
— Pope John Paul II

29. “Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.”
— Oscar Wilde

30. “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.”
— Maya Angelou