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Art is about inner exploration, creative expression, economic capital, social harmony, global connection, and respect for nature, as portrayed in these diverse quotes. Though the COVID-19 crisis has had a severe emotional and economic impact on the artistic community, artists are regrouping and reinventing themselves for this new normal.

Many galleries now have online viewings, and artists are resorting even more to social media for showcasing their offerings. Musicians are streaming their works online, collaborating across the internet, and teaching classes through videoconferencing. Memes and cartoons are cropping up around the world, showcasing the lighter and darker sides of the crisis.

During the extended lockdown, billions of citizens around the world are flocking online to watch movies, listen to music, and read books. Citizens themselves have become amateur artists by sharing videos of their creative works – ranging from cooking and dancing to drawings and graphic art.

Art is a form of healing and recovery, and provides solace and therapy during times of stress. It helps safeguard mental and spiritual health, and reduce barriers between people, cultures and languages. Art has also been used to spark social change and increase awareness about DESTRUCTIVE facets of economic development.

This compilation of quotes salutes the professional and amateur artists around the world in this time of unprecedented crisis. The quotes reflect gratitude to the artistic and humanistic spirit in each of us, and reinforce the importance of creativity, hope, and compassion in these DARK hours.

The quotes in this compilation are drawn from YourStory's articles on art as well as a range of online resources. The photographs are chosen from our weekend PhotoSparks section on art and design. See also our compilations of quotes on the occasion of World Book Day, International Jazz Day, and World Photography Day, as well as Top Quotes of 2019 on Design and Art.

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A picture is a poem without words. - Horace

A problem is a chance for you to do your best. - Duke Ellington

A society’s competitive advantage will come not from how well its schools teach the multiplication and periodic tables, but from how well they stimulate imagination and creativity. - Albert Einstein

A true artist is not one who is inspired but one who inspires others. - Salvador Dalí

A true masterpiece does not tell everything. - Albert Camus

Above all, an artist must never be too easily satisfied with what he has done. - Henri Matisse

All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. - Albert Einstein

An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one. - Charles Cooley

An artist discovers his genius the day he dares not to please. - Andre Malraux

An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world. - George Santayana

An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision. - James Whistler

An artist should never be a PRISONER of himself, prisoner of style, prisoner of reputation, prisoner of success. - Henri Matisse

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An empty canvas is the safest addiction in the world, art is the only drug that won't kill you, instead it'll save your life. - Nikki Rowe

Art doesn’t have to be pretty. It has to be meaningful. - Duane Hanson

Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time. - Thomas Merton

Art evokes the mystery without which the world would not exist. - René Magritte

Art has a voice - let it speak. - Rochelle Carr

Art helps us identify with one another and expands our notion of we - from the local to the global. - Olafur Eliasson

Art is a line around your thoughts. - Gustav Klimt

Art is a step in the known toward the UNKNOWN. - Kahlil Gibran

Art is meant to disturb, science reassures. - Georges Braque

Art is never finished, only abandoned. - Leonardo da Vinci

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Art is not a mirror to hold up to society, but a hammer with which to shape it. - Leon Trotsky

Art is not what you see, but what you make others see. - Edgar Degas

Art is the only serious thing in the world. And the artist is the only person who is never serious. - Oscar Wilde

Art is the only way to run away without leaving home. - Twyla Tharp

Art is the queen of all sciences communicating knowledge to all the generations of the world. - Leonardo da Vinci