--- title: "20 Art Difficult Quotes by 17 authors" description: "Browse 20 Art Difficult quotes by 17 authors. Discover the best Art Difficult sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/661/scott-thompson-15938_adversity_art-is-difficult-641316_641316.png" --- > [Art is difficult.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-thompson/art-is-difficult/) [Scott Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-thompson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/661/scott-thompson-15938_adversity_art-is-difficult-641316_641316.png) > [Art is difficult. It's not entertainment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anselm-kiefer/art-is-difficult-it-s-not-entertainment/) [Anselm Kiefer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anselm-kiefer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1db/anselm-kiefer-19043_art_art-is-difficult-it-s-not-entertainment_719856.png) > [Making television is difficult. Making any art is difficult.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-stuhlbarg/making-television-is-difficult-making-any-art-is-difficult/) [Michael Stuhlbarg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-stuhlbarg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0b/michael-stuhlbarg-12244_any_making-television-is-difficult-making-an_1253616.jpg) > [Criticism is easy, art is difficult.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/criticism-is-easy-art-is-difficult/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/761/anonymous-1_art_criticism-is-easy-art-is-difficult-12095_1209532.jpg) > [Criticizing is easy, art is difficult.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-cosby/criticizing-is-easy-art-is-difficult/) [Bill Cosby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-cosby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59d/bill-cosby-720_art_criticizing-is-easy-art-is-difficult-167_1678909.jpg) > [Art is difficult, transient is her reward.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-schiller/art-is-difficult-transient-is-her-reward/) [Friedrich Schiller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-schiller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56b/friedrich-schiller-832_art_art-is-difficult-transient-is-her-reward_825292.png) > [Art is difficult. Its not entertainment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anselm-kiefer/art-is-difficult-its-not-entertainment/) [Anselm Kiefer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anselm-kiefer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/baf/anselm-kiefer-19043_art_art-is-difficult-its-not-entertainment-2_2307606.png) > [Sometimes, trying to make a work of art can be very difficult and very painful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mandy-patinkin/sometimes-trying-to-make-a-work-of-art-can-be-very-difficult-and-very/) [Mandy Patinkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mandy-patinkin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1bb/mandy-patinkin-3117_art_sometimes-trying-to-make-a-work-of-art-c_3196692.jpg) > [Art is not difficult because it wishes to be difficult, but because it wishes to be art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-barthelme/art-is-not-difficult-because-it-wishes-to-be-difficult-but-because-it/) [Donald Barthelme](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-barthelme/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/941/donald-barthelme-2980_adversity_art-is-not-difficult-because-it-wishes-t_2270680.png) > [“Great art is difficult," Caleb said. After a few moments, he said, "But I don't understand why it has to be so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-wilson/great-art-is-difficult-caleb-said-after-a-few-moments-he-said-but-i/) [Kevin Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-wilson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b5/kevin-wilson-12355_art_great-art-is-difficult-caleb-said-after_1240793.jpg) > [Art is difficult. It's not always going to please everyone; it's not always going to work the way you want it to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-giacchino/art-is-difficult-it-s-not-always-going-to-please-everyone-it-s-not/) [Michael Giacchino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-giacchino/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81e/michael-giacchino-4387_always_art-is-difficult-it-s-not-always-going-t_2750393.png) > [It has always been difficult for Man to realize that his life is all an art. It has been more difficult to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/havelock-ellis/it-has-always-been-difficult-for-man-to-realize-that-his-life-is-all/) [Havelock Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/havelock-ellis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cf/havelock-ellis-3921_acted_it-has-always-been-difficult-for-man-to_940792.jpg) > [Art is difficult. It's not entertainment. There are only a few people who can say something about art - it's very restricted.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anselm-kiefer/art-is-difficult-it-s-not-entertainment-there-are-only-a-few-people/) [Anselm Kiefer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anselm-kiefer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/610/anselm-kiefer-19043_art_art-is-difficult-it-s-not-entertainment_780701.jpg) > [It's not so much that art is difficult to make; it's that the structures and the kind of prejudices that the art…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fab-moretti/it-s-not-so-much-that-art-is-difficult-to-make-it-s-that-the/) [Fab Moretti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fab-moretti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62a/fab-moretti-10083_art_it-s-not-so-much-that-art-is-difficult-t_3067461.jpg) > [I think that that's why artists make art - it is difficult to put into words unless you are a poet. What…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-grey/i-think-that-that-s-why-artists-make-art-it-is-difficult-to-put-into/) [Alex Grey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-grey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a2/alex-grey-9651_art_i-think-that-that-s-why-artists-make-art_2630738.jpg) > [We are drawn to artists who tell us that art is difficult to do and takes a spiritual effort, because we are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-updike/we-are-drawn-to-artists-who-tell-us-that-art-is-difficult-to-do-and/) [John Updike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-updike/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41b/john-updike-396_art_we-are-drawn-to-artists-who-tell-us-that_1127184.png) > [“In which, if any, of these constitutions do we find the art of ruling being practiced in the actual government of men?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/in-which-if-any-of-these-constitutions-do-we-find-the-art-of-ruling/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f7/plato-103_art_in-which-if-any-of-these-constitutions-d_112694.jpg) > [Crossing out is an art that is, perhaps, even more difficult than writing. It requires the sharpest eye to decide what is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yevgeny-zamyatin/crossing-out-is-an-art-that-is-perhaps-even-more-difficult-than/) [Yevgeny Zamyatin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yevgeny-zamyatin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/baf/yevgeny-zamyatin-1218_art_crossing-out-is-an-art-that-is-perhaps-e_1959790.png) > [Art is not difficult because it wishes to be difficult, rather because it wishes to be art. However much the writer might…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-barthelme/art-is-not-difficult-because-it-wishes-to-be-difficult-rather-because/) [Donald Barthelme](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-barthelme/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba8/donald-barthelme-2980_art_art-is-not-difficult-because-it-wishes-t_3115112.jpg) > [“Because his art is such a difficult one, the writer is not likely to advance in the world as visibly as do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gardner/because-his-art-is-such-a-difficult-one-the-writer-is-not-likely-to/) [john gardner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-gardner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e95/john-gardner-3092_art_because-his-art-is-such-a-difficult-one_1700042.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art-difficult/#itemlist", "name": "Art Difficult Quotes", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Art is difficult.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Scott Thompson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-thompson/art-is-difficult/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/661/scott-thompson-15938_adversity_art-is-difficult-641316_641316.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/661/scott-thompson-15938_adversity_art-is-difficult-641316_641316.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/661/scott-thompson-15938_adversity_art-is-difficult-641316_641316.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Art is difficult.” — Scott Thompson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Art is difficult. 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