Art Quote by Christian Bauman

“And is it not the artists that make art? Well, no: criticism is now the substance of art making to such a degree that…

— Paul Shepheard

Once people write criticism about something - and even in 1967 I was far from alone - they're assuming it's art, and art is…

— Robert Christgau

Critics have a job to do. I understand that. It's not just to criticize. They're trying to interpret art for the public.

— Paul Emsley

“Any writer who puts his words and thoughts out into the public is going to be criticized.”

— Thomas Moore

To write is to become disinterested. There is a certain renunciation in art.

— Anonymous

Publishing is a business. Writing may be art, but publishing, when all is said and done, comes down to dollars.

— Nicholas Sparks

“Criticism as a form of knowledge is capable of robbing literature not only of its own implicit and explicit ideology but of its ideas…

— Toni Morrison

“All things considered, I’ve learned more from talking to painters than talking to writers. Not that painters are smarter than writers, such is seldom…

— Tom Robbins

You know, many writers really don't like to write. I think this the chief complaint of so many. They hate to write; they do…

— Harper Lee

Critics sometimes appear to be addressing themselves to works other than those I remember writing.

— Joyce Carol Oates

Anyone can write. Some people can write a bit better than others; they're called authors. Then there are some who can write better than…

— Walter Moers

There should be a law that no ordinary newspaper should be allowed to write about art. The harm they do by their foolish and…

— Oscar Wilde