Aesthetic Wallpaper Quotes: Thoughtful Meditations about Art

I enjoy meditating on the thoughts of artists and philosophers about art. These are some of my favorite art quotes. I designed backgrounds for the quotes that I felt fit the quotes and made it aesthetically pleasing to read. Feel free to use them, print them, or share them. You can find more quotes here.

Art is my life and my life is art. —Yoko Ono

Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. —Pablo Picasso

Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen. —Leonardo da Vinci

The great artists of the past were aware that human life is full of chaos and suffering. But they had a remedy for this. And the name of that remedy was “beauty.” The beautiful work of art brings consolation in sorrow and affirmation in joy. It shows human life to be worthwhile. —Roger Scruton

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. —Aristotle

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

I think in art, but especially in films, people are trying to confirm their own existences. —Jim Morrison

Writing is the painting of the voice. —Voltaire

 Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one. -Stella Adler 

The realization that life is absurd cannot be an end, but only a beginning. -Albert Camus

It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting. -Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

“Life isn’t a support system for art. It’s the other way around.” -Stephen King

“Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates life.” –Oscar Wilde

“The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow.” – Kurt Vonnegut