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Peter Schjeldahl Quotes

Beauty is not a concept. It is the animal joy of the mind Picture Quote #1

Art teachers are always the doormats of the previous generation Picture Quote #1

It’s possible I am the only art critic that a lot of people read. And maybe Robert Hughes, if he’s still writing Picture Quote #1

Comic books, graphic novels, involve constant toggling and it’s hard work. You get tired reading comic books, but you never get tired looking at pictures or reading words Picture Quote #1

Everybody’s got plants, but most are just growing weeds. The cultivated have greater gardens, finer and gaudier gardens Picture Quote #1

There’s a double standard between writers and readers. Readers can be unfaithful to writers anytime they like, but writers must never ever be unfaithful to the readers Picture Quote #1

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You could say that clinical depression is an incapacity to aesthetic response. It’s like there’s a constant agreement within ourselves, a kind of mutual understanding between ourselves and the world Picture Quote #1

I think being interested is really what being civilized is about. I mean, you have to be conscious of everything Picture Quote #1

My problem with political art is not that it’s bad art necessarily, but that it is terrible politics Picture Quote #1

Art is always subject to change in a moment by somebody who’s strong enough to shed new light on it Picture Quote #1

With art criticism it’s difficult to discuss beauty, to assess it, because there’s always the possibility that we’re insane Picture Quote #1

The aesthetic experience has to be given. And beauty is a regular experience of every person - every person who is not clinically depressed! Picture Quote #1

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A lot of education is like teaching marching; I try to make it more like dancing Picture Quote #1

The artist is a strange being. I think it’s safe to say that a real artist is conscious of having a personal singularity that is partly a blessing and partly a curse. An artist enjoys and suffers from isolation. As solitude, isolation can nurture. It can also destroy Picture Quote #1

Education is this funny thing. You deal for several years with organized information, and then you go out into the world and you never see any of that ever again. There’s no more organized information Picture Quote #1

Everything that would begin to make somebody a good student would tend to make him or her a poor artist, and vice versa Picture Quote #1

Why do you need street smarts? Shrewdness? Toughness? It’s to protect something soft that is going to be in danger if it’s exposed at the wrong time and place. It’s to protect a soul. But to protect your soul, you have to have one to start with Picture Quote #1

Black and white can show how something is. Color adds how it is, imbued with temperatures and humidities of experience Picture Quote #1

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Beauty is not a concept. It is the animal joy of the mind. (Peter Schjeldahl Quotes) Art teachers are always the doormats of the previous generation (Peter Schjeldahl Quotes) It’s possible I am the only art critic that a lot of people read. And maybe Robert Hughes, if he’s still writing. (Peter Schjeldahl Quotes) Comic books, graphic novels, involve constant toggling and it’s hard work. You get tired reading comic books, but you never get tired looking at pictures or reading words. (Peter Schjeldahl Quotes) Everybody’s got plants, but most are just growing weeds. The cultivated have greater gardens, finer and gaudier gardens. (Peter Schjeldahl Quotes) There’s a double standard between writers and readers. Readers can be unfaithful to writers anytime they like, but writers must never ever be unfaithful to the readers. (Peter Schjeldahl Quotes) You could say that clinical depression is an incapacity to aesthetic response. It’s like there’s a constant agreement within ourselves, a kind of mutual understanding between ourselves and the world. (Peter Schjeldahl Quotes) I think being interested is really what being civilized is about. I mean, you have to be conscious of everything. (Peter Schjeldahl Quotes) My problem with political art is not that it’s bad art necessarily, but that it is terrible politics. (Peter Schjeldahl Quotes) Art is always subject to change in a moment by somebody who’s strong enough to shed new light on it. (Peter Schjeldahl Quotes) With art criticism it’s difficult to discuss beauty, to assess it, because there’s always the possibility that we’re insane. (Peter Schjeldahl Quotes) The aesthetic experience has to be given. And beauty is a regular experience of every person - every person who is not clinically depressed! (Peter Schjeldahl Quotes) A lot of education is like teaching marching; I try to make it more like dancing (Peter Schjeldahl Quotes) The artist is a strange being. I think it’s safe to say that a real artist is conscious of having a personal singularity that is partly a blessing and partly a curse. An artist enjoys and suffers from isolation. As solitude, isolation can nurture. It can also destroy (Peter Schjeldahl Quotes) Education is this funny thing. You deal for several years with organized information, and then you go out into the world and you never see any of that ever again. There’s no more organized information (Peter Schjeldahl Quotes) Everything that would begin to make somebody a good student would tend to make him or her a poor artist, and vice versa (Peter Schjeldahl Quotes) Why do you need street smarts? Shrewdness? Toughness? It’s to protect something soft that is going to be in danger if it’s exposed at the wrong time and place. It’s to protect a soul. But to protect your soul, you have to have one to start with (Peter Schjeldahl Quotes) Black and white can show how something is. Color adds how it is, imbued with temperatures and humidities of experience (Peter Schjeldahl Quotes)