Quotes about Meaning
...The more a picture has to give, the greater it is.
— Henri Matisse
The conscious utterance of thought, by speech or action, to any end, is art.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
True art takes note not merely of form but also of what lies behind.
— Mahatma Gandhi
I don't pretend to know anything about art. I make pictures for entertainment, and then the professors tell me what they mean.
— Walt Disney
Great art transcends its culture and touches on that which is eternal.
— Madeleine L'Engle
Art, I suppose, is only for beginners, who have made up in their minds to be content with symbols rather than with what they signify, with the elegantly composed recipe in lieu of actual dinner.
— Aldous Huxley
Art can teach without at all ceasing to be art.
— CS Lewis
It's not art for art's sake, it's art for my sake.
— DH Lawrence
The aim of good prose words is to mean what they say. The aim of good poetical words is to mean what they do not say.
— GK Chesterton
Most art in the world does not have a capital 'A,' but is a way of turning everyday objects into personal expressions.
— Gloria Steinem
If it's bad art, it's bad religion, no matter how pious the subject.
— Madeleine L'Engle
If there is no God, then man and the universe are doomed. Like prisoners condemned to death, we await our unavoidable execution. There is no God, and there is no immortality. And what is the consequence of this? It means that life itself is absurd. It means that the life we have is without ultimate significance, value, or purpose.
— William Lane Craig