Mahatma Gandhi Quotes About Art

• Art to be art must soothe.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Art

  Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “The Mind of Mahatma Gandhi”, p.64, Rajpal & Sons

• True art takes note not merely of form but also of what lies behind.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Art, Lying, Form

  Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.159, Courier Corporation

• Before civil disobedience can be practised on a vast scale, people must learn the art of civil or voluntary obedience.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Art, People, Obedience

  Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1986). “The Moral and Political Writings of Mahatma Gandhi: Non-Violent Resistance and Social Transformation”, Clarendon Press

• Is not education the art of drawing out full manhood of the children under training?

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Education, Art, Children

  Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi”

• A life of sacrifice is the pinnacle of art, and is full of true joy.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspiring, Art, Inspirational Life

  Mahatma Gandhi, Judith M. Brown (2008). “The Essential Writings”, p.76, Oxford University Press

• Through Khadi we teach the people the art of civil obedience to an institution which they have built up for themselves.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Art, People, Obedience

  Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1986). “The Moral and Political Writings of Mahatma Gandhi: Non-Violent Resistance and Social Transformation”, Clarendon Press

• Whatever can be useful to those starving millions is beautiful to my mind.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Beautiful, Art, Mind

  Mahatma Gandhi (1994). “The Gandhi Reader: A Sourcebook of His Life and Writings”, p.181, Grove Press

• Life is greater than all art.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Life, Art, Life Is

  Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.174, A&C Black

• I consider writing as a fine art. We kill it by imposing the alphabet on little children and making it the beginning of learning.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Art, Children, Writing

  Mahatma Gandhi (1976). “Collected Works”

• Just as one must learn the art of killing in the training for violence, so one must learn the art of dying in the training for nonviolence.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Art, Training, Dying

  Mahatma Gandhi (1980). “All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections”, p.77, A&C Black

• A semi-starved nation can have neither religion nor art nor organization.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Art, Organization, Nations

  Mahatma Gandhi (1962). “The Essential Gandhi: His Life, Work, and Ideas : an Anthology”, Vintage

• The fight of satyagraha is for the strong in spirit, not the doubter or the timid. Satyagraha teaches us the art of living as well as dying.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Art, Strong, Fighting

  Mahatma Gandhi (1949). “Communal Unity”

• Why should I need an artist to explain a work of art to me? Why should it not speak out to me itself?

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Art, Speaks Out, Needs

  Mahatma Gandhi (1976). “Collected Works”

• Painters and poets are obliged to exaggerate the proportions of their figures in order to give true perspective.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Art, Order, Giving

  Mahatma Gandhi (1997). “The Mahatma and the Poet: Letters and Debates Between Gandhi and Tagore, 1915-1941”, National Book Trust India

• I would like to assure those who would serve Daridranarayana that there is music, art, economy and joy in the spinning wheel.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Art, Joy, Spinning

  Mahatma Gandhi (1969). “Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi”

• All true art must help the soul to realize its inner self.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Art, Self, Soul

  Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.159, Courier Corporation

• The art of dying bravely and with honour does not need any special training, save a living faith in God.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  God, Art, Training

  Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Ronald Duncan (2005). “Gandhi: Selected Writings”, p.184, Courier Corporation

• True art must be evidence of happiness, contentment and purity of its authors.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Art, Contentment, Purity

  Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.159, Courier Corporation

• The art that is in the machine-made article, appeals only to the eye; the art in Khadi appeals first to the heart and then to the eye.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Art, Eye, Machines

  Mahatma Gandhi (1958). “Collected Works”

• The art of producing good music from a cultivated voice can be achieved by many, but the art of producing that music from the harmony of a pure life is achieved very rarely.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Art, Voice, Life Is

  Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.174, A&C Black

• Journalism has become the art of "intelligent anticipation of events."

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Art, Intelligent, Events

  Mahatma Gandhi (1958). “Collected Works”

• Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action. . . . . . . Prayer is the first and the last lesson in learning the noble and brave art of sacrificing self in the various walks of life culminating in the defence of one's nation's liberty and honour.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Art, Prayer, Sacrifice

• Just as one must learn the art of killing in the training for violence, so one must learn the art of dying in the training for non-violence. Violence does not mean the emancipation from fear, but discovering the means of combating the cause of fear. Nonviolence, on the other hand, has no cause for fear. The votary of nonviolence has to cultivate the capacity for sacrifice of the highest type in order to be free from fear. He recks not if he should lose his land, his wealth, his life.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Art, Mean, Sacrifice

• Purity of life is the highest and truest art.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Art, Life Is, Purity

  Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.174, A&C Black

• Who can deny that much that passes for science and art today destroys the soul instead of uplifting it and instead of evoking the best in us, panders to our basest passions?

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Uplifting, Art, Passion

  Mahatma Gandhi (1947). “Teachings of Mahatma Gandhi”

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