Excellence Quote by Frank Lloyd Wright

To the humblest among them, who may be listening to me now, I want to say that the masterpiece to which you are paying…

— Andre Malraux

Originality is way overrated. To make, you need to take. All great artists do.

— Walter Darby Bannard

Don't bow down to critics who have not themselves written great masterpieces.

— Lawrence Ferlinghetti

a masterpiece doesn't so much transcend its time as perpetuate it; it keeps its moment alive.

— Arlene Croce

I was...attacked for being a pasticheur, chided for composing "simple" music, blamed for deserting "modernism," accused of renouncing my "true Russian heritage." People who…

— Anonymous

Quality is timeless: It will clearly define itself. And so I make reference to and acknowledge things that I feel have been dismissed, trying…

— Dwight Yoakam

By a curious confusion, many modern critics have passed from the proposition that a masterpiece may be unpopular to the other proposition that unless…

— Anonymous

A masterpiece... may be unwelcome but it is never dull.

— Gertrude Stein

There is no intellectual or emotional substitute for the authentic, the original, the unique masterpiece.

— Paul Mellon

Obviously, I respect the expression of different artists. I do not judge or criticize the style of anyone.

— Karol G

Originality is genius. If you respect and care for it, it will take you on the ride of your life.

— Barbara Sher

I love films where even if you don't like the film, it doesn't matter. It's about respecting a point of view.

— Justin Lin