Art Quote by Billy Corgan

I think it's part of the responsibility of an artist to shock, to upset, to make people think differently, and to surprise people. And…

— Bill Plympton

Maybe I don't have the same sense of humor. Maybe people aren't comfortable gauging a painting that way. They think that if it's a…

— Joe Bradley

I have a really analytical approach to art. And the whole idea that you can't analyze what makes a joke funny...I do not agree…

— David Rees

'Understanding' art is like having a sense of humour - if you don't have one, no amount of explanation is going to make you…

— Michael Craig-Martin

I have a suspicion that a lot of artists are trying to get a laugh but, unlike stand-ups, they don't get an immediate response…

— Arthur Smith

If humor is not present, I tend to be concerned about the artist, or distrusting of what they're presenting - unless there is an…

— Scott Avett

You can maybe be artistic and really original and creative, but as long as it's got that funniness at the root of it, then…

— Jason Gann

Making art is like humour - very moment dependent.

— Michael Denton

If you're just making people laugh, that can be one-dimensional. You have to bring something artistic into it, so it's working on another plane…

— Lolly Adefope

An artist shouldn't be judged by how many people like his art but by how pure and good it is - but I think…

— Randall Munroe

Once it is out of his hand the artist has no control over the way a viewer will perceive the work. Different people will…

— Sol LeWitt

Art's effect is due to the tension resulting from the clash of the collocation of elements of two (or more) systems of interpretation. This…

— Yuri Lotman