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Art Critics Quotes

Art is long, and critics are the insects of a day Picture Quote #1

Critics are those who have failed in literature and art Picture Quote #1

Critics are more committed to the rules of art than artists are Picture Quote #1

All art critics are useless or harmful Picture Quote #1

Critics have a job to do. I understand that. It’s not just to criticize. They’re trying to interpret art for the public Picture Quote #1

My experience in the music industry made me very thick-skinned. Your art is something very personal and there’s never a shortage of critics when it comes to art Picture Quote #1

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Bad critics judge a work of art by comparing it to pre-existing theories. They always go wrong when confronted with a masterpiece because masterpieces make their own rules Picture Quote #1

It cannot be too plainly stated that it is quite unimportant whether photography produces ‘art’ or not. Its own basic laws, not the opinions of art critics, will provide the only valid measure of its future worth Picture Quote #1

The critic has to do more of what the book critics and art critics have done in the past. Which is give you a context for understanding the restaurant, give you a better way to appreciate it, give you the tools to go in there and be a more informed diner who can get more pleasure out of the experience Picture Quote #1

Art criticism everywhere is now at a low ebb, intellectually corrupt, swamped in meaningless jargon, distorted by political correctitudes, anxiously addressed only to other critics and their ilk Picture Quote #1

Art editors and critics - people like me - have become a courtier class Picture Quote #1

There are artists with palettes and easels selling the kind of modern art that Soviet art critics used to critique with bulldozers. Judging by the paintings I saw, the Soviets were right the first time Picture Quote #1

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I was an awful critic. I operated on the assumption that there was an absolute scale of values against which art could be measured. I didn’t trust my own subjective responses Picture Quote #1

Critics? Don’t talk to me of critics! You think some jackanapes journalist, his soul eaten away by the maggots of jealousy and failure, has anything worthwhile to say of art? I don’t Picture Quote #1

Critics are the eunuchs of literature. They stand by in envious awe while the whole man and his partner demonstrate the art of living Picture Quote #1

Some artists respond to critics’ questions about their art. I think Bob Dylan would alwys refuse to respond to questions of that sort, he always has Picture Quote #1

Critics of art are like eunuchs in harem. They see how it’s done when the men come to see the women, but they can’t do it themselves Picture Quote #1

The boundaries between contemporary art and cinema are so rigid. It’s unbelievable. The film critics don’t know my artwork and the art world doesn’t know my films Picture Quote #1

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PROMOTE A REVOLUTIONARY FLOOD AND TIDE IN ART. Promote living art, anti-art, promote NON ART REALITY to be fully grasped by all peoples, not only critics, dilettantes and professionals Picture Quote #1

No one, though has to go to college to make or understand or enjoy art. Wonderful artists and critics - some of the best - have educated themselves Picture Quote #1

Great Art is Great because it inspired you greatly. If it didn’t, no matter what the critics, the museums and the galleries say, it’s not great art for you Picture Quote #1

Aren’t maids the ultimate art critics? Picture Quote #1

It was a movement that had all the art critics, all the museum directors in its thrall Picture Quote #1

Don't be an art critic. Paint. There lies salvation Picture Quote #1

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Theatre critics have no special access to the truth. And there should be no objective truth to art Picture Quote #1

The art of the critic in a nutshell: to coin slogans without betraying ideas. The slogans of an inadequate criticism peddle ideas to fashion Picture Quote #1

You always feel like rock critics are frustrated musicians. I envy musicians their ability to live their art and share it with an audience, in the moment Picture Quote #1

Literary critics, however, frequently suffer from a curious belief that every author longs to extend the boundaries of literary art, wants to explore new dimensions of the human spirit, and if he doesn't, he should be ashamed of himself Picture Quote #1

A work of art is an act of love. Critics are crab lice Picture Quote #1

What critics often ask for is the impossible, though this may be a salutary means of extending the borders of art Picture Quote #1

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Art is long, and critics are the insects of a day (Art Critics Quotes) Critics are those who have failed in literature and art (Art Critics Quotes) Critics are more committed to the rules of art than artists are (Art Critics Quotes) All art critics are useless or harmful (Art Critics Quotes) Critics have a job to do. I understand that. It’s not just to criticize. They’re trying to interpret art for the public. (Art Critics Quotes) My experience in the music industry made me very thick-skinned. Your art is something very personal and there’s never a shortage of critics when it comes to art (Art Critics Quotes) Bad critics judge a work of art by comparing it to pre-existing theories. They always go wrong when confronted with a masterpiece because masterpieces make their own rules (Art Critics Quotes) It cannot be too plainly stated that it is quite unimportant whether photography produces ‘art’ or not. Its own basic laws, not the opinions of art critics, will provide the only valid measure of its future worth (Art Critics Quotes) The critic has to do more of what the book critics and art critics have done in the past. Which is give you a context for understanding the restaurant, give you a better way to appreciate it, give you the tools to go in there and be a more informed diner who can get more pleasure out of the experience. (Art Critics Quotes) Art criticism everywhere is now at a low ebb, intellectually corrupt, swamped in meaningless jargon, distorted by political correctitudes, anxiously addressed only to other critics and their ilk. (Art Critics Quotes) Art editors and critics - people like me - have become a courtier class (Art Critics Quotes) There are artists with palettes and easels selling the kind of modern art that Soviet art critics used to critique with bulldozers. Judging by the paintings I saw, the Soviets were right the first time (Art Critics Quotes) I was an awful critic. I operated on the assumption that there was an absolute scale of values against which art could be measured. I didn’t trust my own subjective responses. (Art Critics Quotes) Critics? Don’t talk to me of critics! You think some jackanapes journalist, his soul eaten away by the maggots of jealousy and failure, has anything worthwhile to say of art? I don’t. (Art Critics Quotes) Critics are the eunuchs of literature. They stand by in envious awe while the whole man and his partner demonstrate the art of living. (Art Critics Quotes) Some artists respond to critics’ questions about their art. I think Bob Dylan would alwys refuse to respond to questions of that sort, he always has. (Art Critics Quotes) Critics of art are like eunuchs in harem. They see how it’s done when the men come to see the women, but they can’t do it themselves. (Art Critics Quotes) The boundaries between contemporary art and cinema are so rigid. It’s unbelievable. The film critics don’t know my artwork and the art world doesn’t know my films. (Art Critics Quotes) PROMOTE A REVOLUTIONARY FLOOD AND TIDE IN ART. Promote living art, anti-art, promote NON ART REALITY to be fully grasped by all peoples, not only critics, dilettantes and professionals (Art Critics Quotes) No one, though has to go to college to make or understand or enjoy art. Wonderful artists and critics - some of the best - have educated themselves (Art Critics Quotes) Great Art is Great because it inspired you greatly. If it didn’t, no matter what the critics, the museums and the galleries say, it’s not great art for you (Art Critics Quotes) Aren’t maids the ultimate art critics? (Art Critics Quotes) It was a movement that had all the art critics, all the museum directors in its thrall (Art Critics Quotes) Don't be an art critic. Paint. There lies salvation (Art Critics Quotes) Theatre critics have no special access to the truth. And there should be no objective truth to art (Art Critics Quotes) The art of the critic in a nutshell: to coin slogans without betraying ideas. The slogans of an inadequate criticism peddle ideas to fashion (Art Critics Quotes) You always feel like rock critics are frustrated musicians. I envy musicians their ability to live their art and share it with an audience, in the moment (Art Critics Quotes) Literary critics, however, frequently suffer from a curious belief that every author longs to extend the boundaries of literary art, wants to explore new dimensions of the human spirit, and if he doesn't, he should be ashamed of himself (Art Critics Quotes) A work of art is an act of love. Critics are crab lice (Art Critics Quotes) What critics often ask for is the impossible, though this may be a salutary means of extending the borders of art (Art Critics Quotes)

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