I think Quote by Faith Ringgold

Paintings, people really don't understand... They don't really get paintings. Quilts they do understand because everybody has a quilt in their house.

— Faith Ringgold

I don't very much enjoy looking at paintings in general. I know too much about them. I take them apart.

— Georgia O'Keeffe

I always feel like the art's there and I just see it, so it's not really a lot of work.

— Damien Hirst

I think that one of the most important things that art can do is give you a reason to look at something, almost give…

— Trevor Paglen

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

— Alberto Giacometti

When works of art are presented like rare butterflies on the walls, they're decontextualized. We admire their beauty, and I have nothing against that,…

— Hans Haacke

Some like to think that a keen appreciation of art can actually make us better people - more just, more moral, more sensitive, more…

— Paul Auster

I think what art is always doing is making us see the world so differently, and I don't mean just colors and light, but…

— Roselee Goldberg

If people would just look at the paintings, I don't think they would have any trouble enjoying them. It's like looking at a bed…

— Jackson Pollock

Works of art are meant to be lived with and loved, and if we try to understand them, we should try to understand them…

— William H. Gass

What's the point of art, of any art, if it doesn't let us see with a little bit of objectivity where we are?

— Ali Smith

Everyone wants to understand art. Why not try to understand the song of a bird? Why does one love the night, flowers, everything around…

— Pablo Picasso