Art Quote by Clement Greenberg

Art can make the old surprising, and the new and sudden soothing.

— Eli Siegel

“Art makes the familiar strange so that it can be freshly perceived. To do this it presents its material in unexpected, even outlandish ways:…

— Viktor Shklovsky

All sensitive people agree that there is a peculiar emotion provoked by works of art.

— Clive Bell

“Art must always stand guard against stirring emotions that lie outside the aesthetic: sexual arousal, terror, disgust, shock.”

— Milan Kundera

“Art is not just a display of beauty. Art also reflects what is ugly, and it celebrates the grotesque. An artist frequently creates what…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

Great art is not a matter of presenting one side or another, but presenting a picture so full of the contradictions, tragedies, [and] insights…

— Pauli Murray

All of the good things that surround art - you have to embrace the idea that it could be a complete disaster. I think…

— Joe Satriani

With all art expression, when something is seen, it is a vivid experience, sudden, compelling, and inevitable.

— Ansel Adams

Art itself has become an extraordinary thing - the activity of peculiar people - people who become more and more peculiar as their activity…

— Eric Gill

As human beings, we are addicted to novelty. Part of being stylish is surprisingness. Part of being an artist is surprisingness. If there are…

— Grayson Perry

Much modern art is, at first sight, unnerving... in the contemporary world, we have come to expect instant response and immediate understanding.

— Nicholas Serota

I search for surprise in my architecture. A work of art should cause the emotion of newness.

— Oscar Niemeyer