“Art was art, humans were humans, but art was best when it was human.”
“The human body is the best work of art.”
“Music is art, and art is an integral part of the human experience.”
“Human art, Mahnmut knew, simply transcended human beings.”
“Art is not life, and life is not art; but the beauty and horror of the human condition exists between the two.”
“In the traditional Islamic world, the hierarchy of the arts was not based on whether they were "fine" or "industrial" or "minor". It was based upon the effect of art on the soul of the human being.”