Art Quote by D. H. Lawrence

The artist usually sets out -- or used to -- to point a moral and adorn a tale. The tale, however, points the other…

— Anonymous

“Never trust the teller, trust the tale. The proper function of a critic is to save the tale from the artist who created it.”

— D.H. Lawrence

“The proper function of the critic is to save the tale from the artist who created it.”

— D.H. Lawrence

Never trust the artist, trust the tale.

— D.H. Lawrence

“In many ways, the work of a critic is easy. We risk very little yet enjoy a position over those who offer up their…

— Brad Bird

The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.

— Oscar Wilde

“The truth is not that we need the critics in order to enjoy the authors, but that we need the authors in order to…

— C.S. Lewis

I don't know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is.

— Ansel Adams

There's a unique bond of trust between readers and authors that I don't believe exists in any other art form; as a reader, I…

— Dan Simmons

If the function of the artist is to see, the first duty of the critic is to understand what the artist saw.

— J. E. H. MacDonald

I don't listen to what art critics say. I don't know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is.

— Jean-Michel Basquiat

“The critic's aim should be to interpret the work they are writing about and help readers appreciate it, by defining and analysing those qualities…

— David Cecil