Alberto Giacometti, one of the most important sculptors of the 20th century, said:
". . . we exaggerate the importance we give to Art with a capital A. The majority of living people do without it royally." Although taken back by such statement, I had to admit that it is true but at the same time, I do not agree with it. I could have found backup from many other artists but I wanted to see what people in other walks of life say about art.
"All art really does is keep you focused on questions of humanity, and it really is about how do we get on with our maker." - David Bowie
"Creativity is piercing the mundane to find the marvelous." - Bill Moyers
"Great art offers more than pleasure. It offers the pain of spiritual growth, drawing us into areas of ourselves that we may not wish to encounter. It will not leave us in our mental or moral laziness." - Sister Wendy
"An artist cannot get along without a public; and when the public is absent, what does he do? He invents it, and turning his back on his age, he looks toward the future for what the present denies." - André Gide
"Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake." - Kurt Vonnegut
"Artists are here to disturb the peace." - James Baldwin
"Of this wisdom, the poetic passion, the desire of beauty, the love of art for art's sake, has most; for art comes to you professing frankly to give nothing but the highest quality to your moments as they pass, and simply for those moments' sake." - Walter Pater
"Art is not always about pretty things. It’s about who we are, what happened to us, and how our lives are affected." Elizabeth Broun
"I know the world is bruised and bleeding, and though it is important not to ignore its pain, it is also critical to refuse to succumb to its malevolence. Like failure, chaos contains information that can lead to knowledge—even wisdom. Like art." Toni Morrison
"The ultimate justification of the work of art is to help the spectator to become a work of art himself." Bernard Berenson
Why do you need art in your life?
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