#truth

Art does not exist only to entertain -- but also to challenge one to think, to provoke, even to disturb, in a constant search for the truth. ↗

— Barbara Streisand

#truth #art

...the best way to know the Truth or Beauty is to try to express it. And what is the purpose of existence Here or Yonder but to discover truth and beauty and express it, i.e., share it with others? ↗

— Brenda Ueland

#truth #writing #art

The big secret about Art is that no one wants it to be true. ↗

— Adam Phillips

#art #philosophy #secrets #truth #art

Instead of chasing the idea of truth, what we should be doing is embracing the medium of drawing and using it for a purpose that fulfils our needs as an artist or designer. ↗

— Peter Stanyer

#artist #design #drawing #truth #art

I tell you, you will not see the new beauty and the truth, until you make up your minds to spit. ↗

— Kazimir Severinovich Malevich

#beauty #iconoclasm #spitting #truth #art

Whoever thou art that, not content with a moderate condition, imaginest happiness in royal magnificence, and dreamest that command or riches can feed the appetite of novelty with perpetual gratifications, survey the Pyramids, and confess thy folly! ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#truth #art

Do not discuss the religious matters with people; do not waste your valuable time to discuss the untruth! Your time is short; spend it for the science and the art! ↗

— Mehmet Murat ildan

#art

I would put myself in the attitude to look in the eye an abstract truth, and I cannot. I blench and withdraw on this side and on that. I seem to know what he meant who said, No man can see God face to face and live. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#abstraction #fear #fear-of-truth #god #truth

It is not what happens to you or for you that makes you grateful. It's how you respond to what is happening, that shows your belief about gratitude. ↗

— Sumner Davenport

#belief #gratitude #truth #attitude

When it looks like everyone is against you, look inside for the truth. ↗

— Sumner Davenport

#self-esteem #truth #attitude