If art is taken in a certain light it is precious because it is very high on the human experience. It's the perfume for the need to live...
Brett Whiteley

We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realise truth, at least the truth that is given to us to understand. The artist must know the manner whereby to convince others of the truthfulness of his lies.
Pablo Picasso

Creation begins with vision.
Henri Matisse

... by making art the perfect expression of one time and one place, it becomes art for all times and all places.
Tom Roberts

I believe art has to take responsibility but it should not give up being art...
Anselm Kiefer

I know that art doesn't act directly. I know that I cannot save anybody's life, but art can keep ideas alive, ideas that can influence directly our everyday lives, our daily experiences.
Doris Salcedo

The making although it is paramount to the activity, is in the end an irrelevance to the looking.
Anish Kapoor

The artist makes works that move out into the world. When the work is relinquished, it should speak for itself. As its audience, you are on your own.
Rosalie Gascoigne