“Abstract art: a product of the untalented sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered.”
Quotes about art
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“When I judge art, I take my painting and put it next to a God made object like a tree or flower. If it clashes, it is not art.”
“Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.”
“I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own.”
“Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other hand, produces beautiful things which always become ugly with time.”
“Art for art's sake is a philosophy of the well-fed.”
“The business of art is to reveal the relation between man and his environment.”
“To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art men can only make us feel small in the wrong way.”
“Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression.”
“To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event.”
“The waking mind is the least serviceable in the arts.”
“Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to possess internal order, and that is why, though I don't believe that only art matters, I do believe in Art for Art's sake.”
“What art offers is space - a certain breathing room for the spirit.”
“To send light into the darkness of men's hearts - such is the duty of the artist.”
“Pictures deface walls more often than they decorate them.”
“Art is science made clear.”
“Rules and models destroy genius and art.”
“Immature artists imitate. Mature artists steal.”
“What makes photography a strange invention is that its primary raw materials are light and time.”
“Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth.”
“All art is autobiographical. The pearl is the oyster's autobiography.”
“The task of art today is to bring chaos into order.”
“Things are beautiful if you love them.”
“I don't paint things. I only paint the difference between things.”