Aesthetics Quote by Abigail Solomon-Godeau

Art has to be severe. It cannot be commercial. It cannot be for the producer or even for the public. It has to be…

— Vittorio De Sica

In common with other artists the photographer wants his finished print to convey to others his own response to his subject. In the fulfillment…

— Edward Weston

I believe that a truly valuable artist must be an artist who realizes the impossibility of his task -and then continues to do it.

— Keith Jarrett

Aesthetic value is often the by-product of the artist striving to do something else.

— Evelyn Waugh

“For an artist is not a consumer, as our commercials urge us to be. An artist is a nourisher and a creator who knows…

— Madeleine L'Engle

“In a world without cable channels and satellite television, videos and DVDs, movies and the Internet, an artist’s creation was the one ever-present object…

— Benjamin Blech

An artist must have imagination. An artist who does not use his imagination is a mechanic.

— Robert Henri

If the audience knew what they wanted then they wouldn't be the audience, they would be the artist.

— Alan Moore

Art is not a luxury, but a necessity.

— Rebecca West

Art is a luxury but also a necessity.

— Edwidge Danticat

An artist has every right - one may even say a duty - to exhibit his productions as prominently as he can.

— Jacques Barzun

When an artist leaves his work to amuse people, he loses his time and their respect. If people are to be amused by artists,…

— William Morris Hunt