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Fernando Pessoa Quotes about Art

Art consists in making others feel what we feel.

Art consists in making others feel what we feel.

Fernando Pessoa (2017). “The Book of Disquiet: The Complete Edition”, p.357, New Directions Publishing

Why is art beautiful? Because it's useless. Why is life ugly? Because it's all ends and purposes and intentions.

Fernando Pessoa, Richard Zenith (1996). “Book of Disquietude”, Carcanet Press Limited

Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life.

Fernando Pessoa (1988). “Numbers: 4”

Art gives us the illusion of liberation from the sordid business of being.

Fernando Pessoa (2010). “The Book of Disquiet”, p.307, Profile Books

I want to be a work of art, at least in my soul, since I can’t be one in my body.

Fernando Pessoa (1996). “The Book of Disquietude: By Bernardo Soares, Assistant Bookkeeper in the City of Lisbon”

Art lies because it's social.

Fernando Pessoa, Iain Watson (1991). “The book of disquiet: a selection”, Quartet Encounters

What is art but the denial of life?

Fernando Pessoa (2017). “The Book of Disquiet: The Complete Edition”, p.373, New Directions Publishing