--- title: "9 Art Dead Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Art Dead quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Art Dead sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b84/jon-foreman-2854_art_without-honesty-art-is-dead-2459503_2459503.png" --- > [“Without honesty, art is dead.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-foreman/without-honesty-art-is-dead/) [Jon Foreman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-foreman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b84/jon-foreman-2854_art_without-honesty-art-is-dead-2459503_2459503.png) > [“Art is dead, but the student is necrophiliac.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/internationale-situationniste/art-is-dead-but-the-student-is-necrophiliac/) [Internationale situationniste](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/internationale-situationniste/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/613/internationale-situationniste_art_art-is-dead-but-the-student-is-necrophil_692919.jpg) > [Nice! First they insult my art, then they call me dead! Which incidentally I'm not! - Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/icarly/nice-first-they-insult-my-art-then-they-call-me-dead-which/) [ICarly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/icarly/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd7/icarly-19170_art_nice-first-they-insult-my-art-then-they_1921210.jpg) > [The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/the-moment-you-think-you-understand-a-great-work-of-art-it-s-dead-for/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/137/oscar-wilde-16_art_the-moment-you-think-you-understand-a-gr_579223.jpg) > [Since art is dead in the actual life of civilized nations, it has been relegated to these grotesque morgues, museums.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-gropius/since-art-is-dead-in-the-actual-life-of-civilized-nations-it-has-been/) [Walter Gropius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-gropius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aad/walter-gropius-11267_actual-life_since-art-is-dead-in-the-actual-life-of_2743128.jpg) > [Religion without art is a dead system of dogmas which have no effect on life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anagarika-govinda/religion-without-art-is-a-dead-system-of-dogmas-which-have-no-effect/) [Anagarika Govinda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anagarika-govinda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41f/anagarika-govinda-32704_art_religion-without-art-is-a-dead-system-of_1119411.jpg) > [ They say rock is dead. Andy \[Warhol\] said art is dead. God is dead according to Nietzsche. If everything's dead what's alive?… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-lennon/they-say-rock-is-dead-andy-warhol-said-art-is-dead-god-is-dead/) [Sean Lennon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-lennon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a80/sean-lennon-11288_alive_they-say-rock-is-dead-andy-warhol-said-a_1500677.jpg) > [And like no other sculpture in the history of art, the dead engine and dead airframe come to life at the touch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/and-like-no-other-sculpture-in-the-history-of-art-the-dead-engine-and/) [Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e73/richard-bach-424_art_and-like-no-other-sculpture-in-the-histo_756907.png) > [“Art is dead. Art is dead. Art is dead. Art is dead. Entertainers like to seem complicated But we're not complicated I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bo-burnham/art-is-dead-art-is-dead-art-is-dead-art-is-dead-entertainers-like-to/) [Bo Burnham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bo-burnham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e2/bo-burnham-1313_art_art-is-dead-art-is-dead-art-is-dead-art_1517428.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art-dead/#itemlist", "name": "Art Dead Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Without honesty, art is dead.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jon Foreman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-foreman/without-honesty-art-is-dead/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b84/jon-foreman-2854_art_without-honesty-art-is-dead-2459503_2459503.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b84/jon-foreman-2854_art_without-honesty-art-is-dead-2459503_2459503.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b84/jon-foreman-2854_art_without-honesty-art-is-dead-2459503_2459503.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Without honesty, art is dead.” — Jon Foreman", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Art is dead, but the student is necrophiliac.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Internationale situationniste" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/internationale-situationniste/art-is-dead-but-the-student-is-necrophiliac/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/613/internationale-situationniste_art_art-is-dead-but-the-student-is-necrophil_692919.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/613/internationale-situationniste_art_art-is-dead-but-the-student-is-necrophil_692919.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/613/internationale-situationniste_art_art-is-dead-but-the-student-is-necrophil_692919.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Art is dead, but the student is necrophiliac.” — Internationale situationniste", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Nice! 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Art is dead. Art is dead. Art is dead. Entertainers like to seem complicated But we're not complicated I can explain it pretty easily Have you ever been to a birthday Party for children? And one of the children won't stop screaming 'Cause he's just a little Attention attractor When he grows up To be a comic or actor He'll be rewarded for never maturing For never under- Standing or learning That every day Can't be about him There's other people You selfish asshole I must be psychotic I must be demented To think that I'm worthy Of all this attention Of all of this money, you worked really hard for I slept in late while you worked at the drug store My drug's attention, I am an addict But I get paid to indulge in my habit It's all an illusion, I'm wearing make-up, I'm wearing make-up Make-up, make-up, make-up, make... Art is dead So people think you're funny, how do we get those people's money? I said art is dead We're rolling in dough, while Carlin rolls in his grave His grave, his grave The show has got a budget The show has got a budget And all the poor people way more deserving of the money Won't budge it 'Cause I wanted my name in lights When I could have fed a family of four For forty fucking fortnights Forty fucking fortnights I am an artist, please God forgive me I am an artist, please don't revere me I am an artist, please don't respect me I am an artist, you're free to correct me A self-centred artist Self-obsessed artist I am an artist I am an artist But I'm just a kid I'm just a kid I'm just a kid Kid And maybe I'll grow out of it.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bo Burnham" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bo-burnham/art-is-dead-art-is-dead-art-is-dead-art-is-dead-entertainers-like-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e2/bo-burnham-1313_art_art-is-dead-art-is-dead-art-is-dead-art_1517428.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e2/bo-burnham-1313_art_art-is-dead-art-is-dead-art-is-dead-art_1517428.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e2/bo-burnham-1313_art_art-is-dead-art-is-dead-art-is-dead-art_1517428.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Art is dead. 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