“Art is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it.”– Robert Motherwell Related Quotes “Sculpture is the art of the intelligence.”– Pablo Picasso “It’s important to debunk the myths of Africa being this benighted continent civilized only when white people arrived. In fact, Africans had been creators of culture for thousands of years before. These were very intelligent, subtle and sophisticated people, with organized societies and great art.”– Henry Louis Gates “It is the addition of strangeness to beauty that constitutes the romantic character in art.”– Walter Hagen