--- title: "17 Understanding Art Quotes by 14 authors" description: "Browse 17 Understanding Art quotes by 14 authors. Discover the best Understanding Art sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36e/asli-10195_art_understanding-is-an-art-not-everyone-is_2673451.jpg" --- > [Understanding is an art...not everyone is an artist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/asli/understanding-is-an-art-not-everyone-is-an-artist/) [Asli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/asli/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36e/asli-10195_art_understanding-is-an-art-not-everyone-is_2673451.jpg) > [Buying art is not understanding art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anselm-kiefer/buying-art-is-not-understanding-art/) [Anselm Kiefer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anselm-kiefer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f9/anselm-kiefer-19043_art_buying-art-is-not-understanding-art-2252_2252672.png) > [“The understanding of art depends finally upon one's willingness to extend one's humanity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-ellison/the-understanding-of-art-depends-finally-upon-one-s-willingness-to-2/) [Ralph Ellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-ellison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0c/ralph-ellison-2676_art_the-understanding-of-art-depends-finally_2740398.png) > ['Understanding' art is like having a sense of humour - if you don't have one, no amount of explanation is going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-craig-martin/understanding-art-is-like-having-a-sense-of-humour-if-you-don-t-have/) [Michael Craig-Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-craig-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07a/michael-craig-martin-9157_amount_understanding-art-is-like-having-a-sense_2061594.jpg) > [This is a very general understanding of art in China, that being an artist can make you money and turn you into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/this-is-a-very-general-understanding-of-art-in-china-that-being-an/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4b/ai-weiwei-824_art_this-is-a-very-general-understanding-of_1700567.png) > [The understanding of art depends finally upon one's willingness to extend one's humanity and one's knowledge of human life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-ellison/the-understanding-of-art-depends-finally-upon-one-s-willingness-to/) [Ralph Ellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-ellison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0f/ralph-ellison-2676_art_the-understanding-of-art-depends-finally_965564.png) > [“...there is no true understanding of any art without some knowledge of its philosophy. Only then does its meaning come clear.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-lloyd-wright/there-is-no-true-understanding-of-any-art-without-some-knowledge-of/) [Frank Lloyd Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-lloyd-wright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/517/frank-lloyd-wright-1353_art_there-is-no-true-understanding-of-any-ar_1359382.jpg) > [I believe that every human being has an understanding of art. What is separating us is smaller than what is unifying us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hirschhorn/i-believe-that-every-human-being-has-an-understanding-of-art-what-is/) [Thomas Hirschhorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hirschhorn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce8/thomas-hirschhorn-78455_art_i-believe-that-every-human-being-has-an_2316783.jpg) > [By translating their inner turmoil or understanding into art, artists challenge the accepted notions of reality and create new ones.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wes-nisker/by-translating-their-inner-turmoil-or-understanding-into-art-artists/) [Wes Nisker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wes-nisker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a88/wes-nisker-38156_accepted_by-translating-their-inner-turmoil-or-un_1242475.png) > [“Nature alone can lead to the understanding of art, just as art brings us back to nature with greater awarness. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-carriere/nature-alone-can-lead-to-the-understanding-of-art-just-as-art-brings/) [Eugene Carriere](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-carriere/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ad/eugene-carriere-236734_art_nature-alone-can-lead-to-the-understandi_682312.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) > [We don't all dig Shakespeare uniformly, or even 'Little Red Riding Hood.' The understanding of art depends finally upon one's willingness to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-ellison/we-don-t-all-dig-shakespeare-uniformly-or-even-little-red-riding-hood/) [Ralph Ellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-ellison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3c/ralph-ellison-2676_art_we-don-t-all-dig-shakespeare-uniformly-o_309352.jpg) > [No-one who has a real understanding of the art of painting attaches any importance to what we call the subject of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-fry/no-one-who-has-a-real-understanding-of-the-art-of-painting-attaches/) [Roger Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48c/roger-fry-47143_art_no-one-who-has-a-real-understanding-of-t_2262199.jpg) > [Perhaps there is no other way of reaching some understanding of being than through art? Writers themselves don't analyze what they do;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadine-gordimer/perhaps-there-is-no-other-way-of-reaching-some-understanding-of-being/) [Nadine Gordimer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadine-gordimer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bc/nadine-gordimer-3358_art_perhaps-there-is-no-other-way-of-reachin_2885291.jpg) > [In my own version of the idea of 'what art wants,' the end and fulfillment of the history of art is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/in-my-own-version-of-the-idea-of-what-art-wants-the-end-and/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fa/anonymous-1_abandon_in-my-own-version-of-the-idea-of-what-ar_1541255.jpg) > [In our time, we have become too interested in the artist and his or her character and experience as a way of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salman-rushdie/in-our-time-we-have-become-too-interested-in-the-artist-and-his-or/) [Salman Rushdie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salman-rushdie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eca/salman-rushdie-153_art_in-our-time-we-have-become-too-intereste_712973.jpg) > [ In our conversations, he \[Michael Jackson\] revealed a surprising understanding of art history. We were going through the finer points of the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/in-our-conversations-he-michael-jackson-revealed-a-surprising/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/856/kehinde-wiley-1194_art_in-our-conversations-he-michael-jackson_3203876.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/understanding-art/#itemlist", "name": "Understanding Art Quotes", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Understanding is an art...not everyone is an artist.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Asli" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/asli/understanding-is-an-art-not-everyone-is-an-artist/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36e/asli-10195_art_understanding-is-an-art-not-everyone-is_2673451.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36e/asli-10195_art_understanding-is-an-art-not-everyone-is_2673451.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36e/asli-10195_art_understanding-is-an-art-not-everyone-is_2673451.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Understanding is an art...not everyone is an artist.” — Asli", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Buying art is not understanding art.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anselm Kiefer" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anselm-kiefer/buying-art-is-not-understanding-art/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f9/anselm-kiefer-19043_art_buying-art-is-not-understanding-art-2252_2252672.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f9/anselm-kiefer-19043_art_buying-art-is-not-understanding-art-2252_2252672.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f9/anselm-kiefer-19043_art_buying-art-is-not-understanding-art-2252_2252672.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Buying art is not understanding art.” — Anselm Kiefer", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The understanding of art depends finally upon one's willingness to extend one's humanity.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ralph Ellison" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-ellison/the-understanding-of-art-depends-finally-upon-one-s-willingness-to-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0c/ralph-ellison-2676_art_the-understanding-of-art-depends-finally_2740398.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0c/ralph-ellison-2676_art_the-understanding-of-art-depends-finally_2740398.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0c/ralph-ellison-2676_art_the-understanding-of-art-depends-finally_2740398.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The understanding of art depends finally upon one's willingness to extend one's humanity.” — Ralph Ellison", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "'Understanding' art is like having a sense of humour - 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