Abstract Quote by Clement Greenberg

“The best works of art are never innocuous: they alter the viewer's perceptual predictions. It is only when the patterns of our vision are…

— Siri Hustvedt

I understand abstract art as an attempt to feed imagination with a world built through the basic sensations of the eyes.

— Jean Helion

“Whenever I listen to an artist or an art historian I'm struck by how much they see and how much they know --and how…

— William Knowlton Zinsser

Im like the painter with his nose to the canvas, fussing over details. Gazing from a distance, the reader sees the big picture.

— Steven Saylor

I continue to write essays about art. The visual is always part of my work, and it gives me immense pleasure to make up…

— Siri Hustvedt

Actually I think Art lies in both directions - the broad strokes, big picture but on the other hand the minute examination of the…

— Peter Hammill

Art is observing society around you, representing it through your eyes.

— Mark Foster

I'm like the painter with his nose to the canvas, fussing over details. Gazing from a distance, the reader sees the big picture.

— Steven Saylor

When you look at art made by other people, you see what you need to see in it.

— Alberto Giacometti

I will say that a lot of art, some of the best art, has very powerful and meaningful messages behind it, and the more…

— Abbi Jacobson

Art is about the messy and marvelous business of coming to your senses - and also, to the senses of the world.

— Michael Leunig

Art, to me, is the interpretation of the impression which nature makes upon the eye and brain.

— Childe Hassam