Art is to look at not to criticize.

I look for what's of value and extract that. I don't look to criticize.

— Herbie Hancock

The basis of art is change in the universe.

— Anonymous

I think that the most important requirement is to capture the essence of a piece of art. You look at it, essentially absorb it,…

— Wolfgang Beltracchi

The Art we look at is made by only a select few. A small group create, promote, purchase, exhibit and decide the success of…

— Banksy

There are people who buy pictures because they were difficult to do, and are done. Such pictures are often only a record of pain…

— Robert Henri

Art should look like art, trees and flowers and people, not weird shapes and splotches of color all smeared together.

— Jennifer Estep

The ability to make somebody feel something: that's art. However you look at it, whether you're an author, a painter, a singer, a rapper,…

— Wale

“What's nice about both clouds, and art, is that you can look at them and just resonate. That can be good for both the…

— Ogden W. Rogers

There were some types of sanctions that happen in the public world that made my work acceptable, where someone looks at the paintings and…

— Julian Schnabel

It's an extreme to go from an artist like myself to a commercial artist with art directors looking over your shoulder, or any other…

— Raymond Pettibon

The more I've gotten interested in writing about history and making sense of myself within the continuum of history, the more I've turned to…

— Natasha Trethewey

I don't have to spend a lot of time figuring out, 'Gosh, I wonder how guys feel,' because most every piece of art I…

— Laeta Kalogridis

“Poor presentation can make great art look terrible. Good presentation can make terrible art look great.”

— Gary W. Freeman

Good new art may not look like art. Inspiration doesn't follow style, it creates it.

— Walter Darby Bannard

There are three forms of visual art: Painting is art to look at, sculpture is art you can walk around, and architecture is art…

— Dan Rice