Acceptance Quote by Carey Mercer

You should always respect what you are and your culture because if your art is going to mean anything, that is where it comes…

— Romare Bearden

When members of a society wish to secure that society's rich heritage they cherish their arts and respect their artists. The esteem with which…

— Maya Angelou

The presence of excessive wealth puts an unnatural spin on the appreciation of art.

— Steve Martin

“The advantage of having an artistic tradition is that the younger artist could see an organic link between the real life of one's country…

— Kuo Pao Kun

“High culture is paranoid about sentiment, but human beings are intensely sentimental. And if art doesn’t speak language that’s acceptable to people, it relegates…

— Thomas Kinkade

A large share of our art heritage is now derived from peoples whose idea of art was quite other than ours, and even from…

— Andre Malraux

The idea of the culture that you live in determining meaning in your art, though, is a very important aspect of what art would…

— Robert Barry

The arts alone give direct access to experience. To eliminate them from education - or worse, to tolerate them as cultural ornaments - is…

— Peter Drucker

We want people to experience art and think about it. The art reflects our time, it is about our culture.

— David Elliott

Art is the questioning of culture

— Gerard Mortier

All art is a form of artifice.For in art there can be no prejudices.

— Arthur Symons

“Through its creative power, art may trigger approximation, reconciliation and harmonization between individuals and peoples. Through art, beings can meet and exchange their points…

— Erik Pevernagie