Art Quote by Clement Greenberg

“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

“Art is a conversation we are all invited to and are all worthy to participate in. Yes, great works can be intimidating, but no…

— Rachel Hartman

I would simply ask why so many critics, so many writers, so many philosophers take such satisfaction in professing that the experience of a…

— Pierre Bourdieu

“Art has a noble task: to educate man. That's why the writer's part in our society is a most responsible one. The writers are…

— slawomir mrozek

The aim of all commentary on art now should be to make works of art - and, by analogy, our own experience - more,…

— Susan Sontag

All good criticism should be judged the way art is. You shouldn't read it the way you read history or science.

— Leslie Fiedler

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

A lot of people are intimated by art, but it's something to be revered beyond criticism.

— Hannah Gadsby

If the work of art is good enough, it must not be criticized for its theme. I don't think it can be argued.

— Edward Albee

The word 'art' is very slippery. It really has no importance in relation to one's work. I work for the pleasure, for the pleasure…

— Manuel Alvarez Bravo

Most works of art are, necessarily, bad...; one suffers through the many for the few.

— Randall Jarrell

I really support criticism as a craft and as a vocation. People who devote as much time to thinking about sound through writing as…

— Tim Hecker