Depend upon it, the first universal characteristic of all…

Depend upon it, the first universal characteristic of all great art is Tenderness, as the second is Truth. I find this more and more…

— John Ruskin

What distinguishes a great artist from a weak one is first their sensibility and tenderness; second, their imagination, and third, their industry.

— Salman Rushdie

“Altogether it will be found that a quiet life is characteristic of great men, and that their pleasures have not been of he sort…

— Bertrand Russell

“I believe that a willingness to ask when they do not know is a characteristic of many great minds.”

— T.W. Körner

It seems to be a characteristic of all great work that it creators wear a cloak of imprecision.

— Fred Hoyle

All great art is the work of the whole living creature, body and soul, and chiefly of the soul.

— John Ruskin

Great art is precisely that which never was, nor will be taught, it is preeminently and finally the expression of the spirits of great…

— John Ruskin

“All great art is praise.”

— John Ruskin

All great art is the expression of man's delight in God's work, not his own.

— John Ruskin

A great artist transforms our world, removes scales from our eyes, plugs from our ears, gloves from our fingertips, teaches us to perceive reality…

— John Edgar Wideman

I cannot be convinced that great artists are moralists. Art is first appearances, then meaning.

— Camille Paglia

One can be a great artist without being a great technician. There have been many famous ballet stars who did not have the ideal…

— Fernando Bujones

They say that art comes from the soul. The more drama in an artist's life, the more he can draw on for his art.…

— Robin Leach

Under Thatcher, who ruled us with an iron rod, great art was made. Amazing designers and musicians. Acid house was born. Very colourful and…

— Noel Gallagher

There are so many great artists, I think, who kind of suffer from being icons, legends, acknowledged masters.

— Richard Linklater