Art Quote by David Bowie

“Works of art are infinitely solitary and nothing is less likely to reach them than criticism. Only love can grasp them and hold them…

— Rainer Maria Rilke

All worthy work is open to interpretations the author did not intend. Art isn't your pet -- it's your kid. It grows up and…

— Joss Whedon

“There's truly an art regarding literature in every way...”

— VandBrooks

“They say all art—whether books, music, or visual—is a reaction to other art, and I believe that to be true.”

— Blake Crouch

Fairfield Porter who has been my model for art writing all along, said that if the most interesting thing about a work of art…

— David Salle

“A work that aspires, however humbly, to the condition of art should carry its justification in every line.”

— Joseph Conrad

“Among the hardest problems an art theory faces are questions about how to settle art’s meaning through interpretation”

— Cynthia Freeland

“Art thrives in times of uncertainty.”

— Karen Thompson Walker

"Art is the ability to turn one's gaze to the world of oblivion." This is the way in which I understand art at fundamental…

— Yasumasa Morimura

“...there is no true understanding of any art without some knowledge of its philosophy. Only then does its meaning come clear.”

— Frank Lloyd Wright

“The arts which need interpretation are the arts of time -- music and poetry -- and not the arts of space -- sculpture and…

— Salvador de Madariaga

“Read as little as possible in the way of aesthetics and criticism - it will either be partisan views, fossilized and made meaningless in…

— Rainer Maria Rilke