--- title: "1 Art Want Quotes By Barbara Holland" description: "1 Art Want quotes by Barbara Holland. Plus more from Barbara Holland and more Art Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/adf/barbara-holland-10950_art_for-the-first-time-in-six-or-seven-thous_2089101.jpg" --- > [For the first time in six or seven thousand years, many people of goodwill find themselves confused about art. They want to enjoy it because enjoying art is something they expect of themselves as civilized persons, but they're unsure how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-holland/for-the-first-time-in-six-or-seven-thousand-years-many-people-of/) [Barbara Holland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-holland/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/adf/barbara-holland-10950_art_for-the-first-time-in-six-or-seven-thous_2089101.jpg) ## More by Barbara Holland > [Success in war was the only success that counted; failure was a disgrace to be wiped out only by starting another war and winning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-holland/success-in-war-was-the-only-success-that-counted-failure-was-a/) [Barbara Holland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-holland/) > [Almost any dog thinks almost any human is the Great Spirit, the Primal Creator, and the Universal Force Behind the Sun and Tides. What…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-holland/almost-any-dog-thinks-almost-any-human-is-the-great-spirit-the-primal/) [Barbara Holland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-holland/) > [In the taverns all was amiable and easy, but the coffeehouses were cauldrons of edgy malcontents.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-holland/in-the-taverns-all-was-amiable-and-easy-but-the-coffeehouses-were/) [Barbara Holland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-holland/) > [A catless writer is almost inconceivable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-holland/a-catless-writer-is-almost-inconceivable/) [Barbara Holland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-holland/) > [We're a shifty, sliding population. ... What we refer to as 'home' may be a place we haven't seen in years; a place where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-holland/we-re-a-shifty-sliding-population-what-we-refer-to-as-home-may-be-a/) [Barbara Holland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-holland/) > [Single life should be experimental in nature and open to accidents. Some accidents are happy ones.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-holland/single-life-should-be-experimental-in-nature-and-open-to-accidents/) [Barbara Holland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-holland/) > [Subtly, in the little ways, joy has been leaking out of our lives. The small pleasures of the ordinary day seem almost contemptible, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-holland/subtly-in-the-little-ways-joy-has-been-leaking-out-of-our-lives-the/) [Barbara Holland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-holland/) > [War was ... the chief or maybe the only source of patriotism, and many a politician, from prehistory up to this morning, unified a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-holland/war-was-the-chief-or-maybe-the-only-source-of-patriotism-and-many-a/) [Barbara Holland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-holland/) > [Smiting enemies has always been so admired that, unlike medicine or archaeology, it entitled its successful practitioners to become kings, emperors, and presidents.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-holland/smiting-enemies-has-always-been-so-admired-that-unlike-medicine-or/) [Barbara Holland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-holland/) > [The thing to remember is that children are temporary. As soon as they develop a sense of humor and get to be good company,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-holland/the-thing-to-remember-is-that-children-are-temporary-as-soon-as-they/) [Barbara Holland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-holland/) > [I was getting sick and tired of being lectured by dear friends with their little bottles of water and their regular visits to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-holland/i-was-getting-sick-and-tired-of-being-lectured-by-dear-friends-with/) [Barbara Holland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-holland/) > [If we have a decent sort of cat to begin with, and have always treated it courteously, and aren't cursed with meddling, bullying natures,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-holland/if-we-have-a-decent-sort-of-cat-to-begin-with-and-have-always-treated/) [Barbara Holland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-holland/) > [The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition claims that a moderate beer drinker - whatever that means - swallows 11 percent of his dietary protein…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-holland/the-american-journal-of-clinical-nutrition-claims-that-a-moderate/) [Barbara Holland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-holland/) > [“Drink, the social glue of the human race. Probably in the beginning we could explain ourselves to our close family members with grunts, muttered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-holland/drink-the-social-glue-of-the-human-race-probably-in-the-beginning-we/) [Barbara Holland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-holland/) > [Perhaps it's a good time to reconsider pleasure at its roots. Changing out of wet shoes and socks, for instance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-holland/perhaps-it-s-a-good-time-to-reconsider-pleasure-at-its-roots-changing/) [Barbara Holland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-holland/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art-want/barbara-holland/#itemlist", "name": "1 Art Want Quotes By Barbara Holland", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "For the first time in six or seven thousand years, many people of goodwill find themselves confused about art. They want to enjoy it because enjoying art is something they expect of themselves as civilized persons, but they're unsure how to do so. 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