Purpose Of Art Quotes by Pope John Paul II, Susan Sontag, Ludwig Bemelmans, Joseph William Mellor, Brassai, eL Seed and many others.
The purpose of art is nothing less than the upliftment of the human spirit.
The purpose of art is always, ultimately, to give pleasure – though our sensibilities may take time to catch up with the forms of pleasure that art in a given time may offer.
The purpose of art is to console and amuse—myself, and, I hope, others.
The purpose of pure science is to observe phenomena and to trace their laws; the purpose of art is to produce, modify, or destroy. Strictly speaking there is no such thing as applied science, for, the moment the attempt is made to apply, science passes into the realm of art.
The purpose of art is to raise people to a higher level of awareness than they would otherwise attain on their own.
Art brings people back to their sensibility as human beings. This is the purpose of art: To bring people together and bring back the humanity as well.
Art is the perpetual motion of illusion. The highest purpose of art is to inspire. What else can you do? What else can you do for any one but inspire them?
The purpose of art is not the release of a momentary ejection of adrenaline but rather the gradual, lifelong construction of a state of wonder and serenity.
The purpose of art is the fight for freedom.
One of the main purpose of art has ever been that of making its indispensable contribution to the growth of entropy of the universal stupidity.
The purpose of art is… to press forward into the whole of the external world and the soul, to see and communicate those objective realities within it which rule and convention have hitherto concealed.
The purpose of art is to lay bare the questions that have been hidden by the answers.
The purpose of arts education is not to produce more artists, though that is a byproduct. The real purpose of arts education is to create complete human beings capable of leading successful and productive lives in a free society.
The purpose of art is mystery.
The final purpose of art is to intensify, even, if necessary, to exacerbate, the moral consciousness of people.
Art can be very political but that can’t be the purpose of art, it can’t be the driving force. It isn’t with any of the books that I love, anyway.
It is when we create things for God’s sake that our work most clearly promotes His glory, rather than threatening to compete with it. Thus the true purpose of art is the same as the true purpose of anything: it is not for ourselves or for our own self-expression, but for the service of others and the glory of God.
