Artist Quotes by Michael Kimmelman

“Art provides us with clues about how to live our lives more fully...about how creating, collecting, and even just appreciating art can make daily…

— Michael Kimmelman

Drawing used to be a civilized thing to do, like reading and writing. It was taught in elementary schools. It was democratic. It was…

— Michael Kimmelman

The consolation of art comes in many forms... For some it is making, for others it is having.

— Michael Kimmelman

Art, not unlike raising children... may entail much sacrifice and periods of despair, but, with luck, the effort will produce something that outlives you.

— Michael Kimmelman

Art is not just about what's great or expensive or scandalous or famous. It's a mirror we hold up that looks different to everyone…

— Michael Kimmelman

“[Robert Rauschenberg, 1925-2008] helped to obscure the lines between painting and sculpture, painting and photography, photography and printmaking, sculpture and photography, sculpture and dance,…

— Michael Kimmelman

Everything, even the most ordinary daily affair, is enriched by the lessons that can be gleaned from art...

— Michael Kimmelman

Out of routine comes inspiration. That's the idea, anyway. To grasp what's exceptional, you first have to know what's routine.

— Michael Kimmelman

It's not that there is no such thing as truth. But we come to like and trust a certain story, not because it's necessarily…

— Michael Kimmelman

Under ordinary circumstances, bad art naturally gets sorted out and disappears. That is how history works when it is left alone to do its…

— Michael Kimmelman

Art provides us with clues about how to live our own lives more fully... art becomes our entree to the sublime.

— Michael Kimmelman

“Under ordinary circumstances, bad art naturally gets sorted out and disappears. That is how history works when it is left alone to do its…

— Michael Kimmelman

All writers, all storytellers, are imposing their own narrative on something.

— Michael Kimmelman

The paradox of the culture wars is that they have made celebrities out of some artists who would otherwise vanish. Censorship has become a…

— Michael Kimmelman