“Good artists exist simply in what they make, and consequently are perfectly uninteresting in what they are.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I don't get involved in criticizing or extolling really good artists who do their job. That's for other people. — Neal Adams Copy Share Image
A good artist is willing to die many times over. What's funny is, I've died so many times. — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
Every good artist I know, I always think works hard, we're working all the time. — David Hockney Copy Share Image
“good art illustrates anything at all, it’s likely to be a story you didn’t even know needed telling.” — David Salle Copy Share Image
I'm definitely a good artist. --- I can create colors in my life to make it beautiful. Be yours and nothing would… — Jehan Fostanes Nayga Copy Share Image
All good art is in the nature of a letter written to amuse a sick friend. Too much art, particularly in our… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
There's not much high and low culture any more: there's just mingling streams of art and what matters is whether it's good… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
There's good art and there's bad art. A lot of action films are bad art, but Paul Greengrass showed us with the… — Joe Wright Copy Share Image
Something in me knows where I’m going, and - well, painting is a state of being. ... Painting is self-discovery. Every good… — Jackson Pollock Copy Share Image
I really think there's no difference between an art piece made by a man and one made by a woman. Is it… — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
The only artists I have ever known who are personally delightful are bad artists. Good artists exist simply in what they make,… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Sometimes good art jumps out at me; most of the time I see bad art, or see nothing at all and just… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
For a while I used to listen to those whispers about babies costing you books, and Cyril Connolly's loathsome quote that "There… — Maggie O'Farrell Copy Share Image
All good art has contained both abstract and surrealist elements, just as it has contained both classical and romantic elements - order… — Henry Moore Copy Share Image
All art is fundamentally subversive, because it upsets people's perceptions, their notions about society. Therefore, art is dangerous, but good art is… — John Boorman Copy Share Image
If I stop being on good behaviour for a moment, my dark little secret is that I don't actually believe many people… — Charles Saatchi Copy Share Image
Enjoy the fashions, read the good articles, and when you feel threatened, turn your mental gaze inward, but keep your eyes on… — Rebecca Pidgeon Copy Share Image
There are always forces at work in a society, certainly in America, which are really forces of censorship -either religious bodies or… — John Boorman Copy Share Image
Good art can come out of thieves, bootleggers, or horse swipes. People really are afraid to find out just how much hardship… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
Ultimately, it comes down to taste. It comes down to trying to expose yourself to the best things that humans have done… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
