Art Quote by David N. Elkins

“...and any discussion of art vs. entertainment in the present cultural climate invites accusations of elitism and snobbery.”

— Steven Moore

“Art is the social antithesis of society, not directly deducible from it.”

— Anonymous

No matter how substandard you feel your skill or talent may be, If you never produce your art, the world will always remain deprived…

— Derek R. Audette

“Part of what attracts us to artists is their otherness, their refusal to conform, their big middle finger stuck up in the face of…

— Jesse Kellerman

Art has a prophetic role, denouncing the culture it lays bare.

— Langdon Brown Gilkey

“High culture is paranoid about sentiment, but human beings are intensely sentimental. And if art doesn’t speak language that’s acceptable to people, it relegates…

— Thomas Kinkade

Art is a necessity - an essential part of our enlightenment process. We cannot, as a civilized society, regard ourselves as being enlightened without…

— Ken Danby

“Art is central to all our lives, not just the better-off and educated. . . I know that from my own story, and from…

— Jeanette Winterson

“I hate when art becomes a religion. I feel the opposite. When you start putting a higher value on works of art than people,…

— Woody Allen

An artist cannot be responsible for what people make of their art. An audience loathe giving up preconceived images of an artist

— Stephen Stills

I believe that artists should be part of the culture. I think that my work clearly bears that out.

— Kehinde Wiley

There is a claim coming from the West that says that all art must be outside any moral consideration. I can understand this as…

— Tariq Ramadan