Art Reflects Culture Quotes & Sayings

Great art always transcends its culture, while lesser art merely reflects it. — Madeleine L'Engle

We want people to experience art and think about it. The art reflects our time, it is about our culture. — David Elliott

Art ... reacts to or reflects the culture it springs from. — Sonia Sanchez

The purer the artist's 'mirror' is, the more true reality reflects in it. Overseeing the historical culture of art, we must conclude that the mirror only slowly is purified. Time producing this purifying shows a gradual, more constant and objective image of reality. — Piet Mondrian

If the artist reflects only his own culture, then his works will die with that culture. But if his works reflect the eternal and universal, they will revive. — Madeleine L'Engle