Art Quote by Anatoli Rybakov

Art that submits to orthodoxy, to even the soundest doctrines, but lacks imagination and deep self-expression is lost leaving only the craftsmanship.

— Andre Gide

There must not be a canon of orthodoxy where art is judged and measured. The culture cannot move forward with our heads turned backwards.

— Paul Russo

“Behind every work of art lies the enormous pretension of exhibiting one's vision of the world. If such obvious arrogance is not counterbalanced by…

— Amélie Nothomb

“Art failed death as much as religion failed life, leaving me un prepared for either”

— Chris Haslam

“Art respects the masses, by confronting them as that which they could be, rather than conforming to them in their degraded state.”

— Theodor W. Adorno

“I hate when art becomes a religion. I feel the opposite. When you start putting a higher value on works of art than people,…

— Woody Allen

“To be an artist today is such an act of faith: nothing can come back from it except the satisfaction of the art itself.”

— Truman Capote

“This is a story of art without markets, drama without a script, narrative without progress. The queer art of failure turns on the impossible,…

— J. Jack Halberstam

“Because art does for me what religion does-- it organizes a seemingly chaotic world. Because it is my way of making sense of the…

— Bill T. Jones

“A work that aspires, however humbly, to the condition of art should carry its justification in every line.”

— Joseph Conrad

“We will, of course, without hesitation use art to parody, ridicule, debunk, or criticize ideologies--but this is very different.”

— David Foster Wallace

“In other words, art is a realm entirely separated from the interests of real life-a refuge for detached and gifted souls from sordid political…

— DeWitt Henry Parker