Art Quote by C. S. Lewis

Never has interest in art been so high, and never has quality been so low.

— John Ruskin

Unless the work of art has wholly exhausted its makers attention, it fails. This is why works of great significance are demanding and why…

— Guy Davenport

Unless the work of art has wholly exhausted its maker's attention, it fails. This is why works of great significance are demanding and why…

— Guy Davenport

Excellence is not an art. It is the habit of practice.

— Aristotle

Art being so much greater than ourselves, it will not give up once it has taken hold.

— Emily Carr

If you try to go beyond your interests just for the sake of pretensions or wealth, your art becomes less legitimate.

— Vincent D'Onofrio

I've zeroed in on what you would call action and excellence... Everybody who does anything to try to succeed has to give the best…

— LeRoy Neiman

Art comes to you proposing frankly to give nothing but the highest quality to your moments as they pass.

— Walter Pater

There was no point in doing art if you were going to be second-rate.

— Christopher Bram

Art doesn't interest me. Only artists interest me.

— Marcel Duchamp

The rewards of art are not always commensurate with its quality. It affords a precarious living.

— Walter J. Phillips

For art comes to you proposing frankly to give nothing but the highest quality to your moments as they pass, and simply for those…

— Walter Pater