Art Quote by Henry James

A clear idea about the nature of quality in art will always result in inferior art tailored to it.

— Walter Darby Bannard

Even if virtually anything can be art, there are levels of quality.

— Thomas Hoving

The entire vitality of art depends upon its being either full of truth, or full of use; and that, however pleasant, wonderful, or impressive…

— John Ruskin

Works of Art can only be produc'd in Perfection where the Man is either in Affluence or is Above the Care of it.

— William Blake

No good book or good thing of any kind shows it best face at first. No the most common quality of in a true…

— Thomas Carlyle

Surely the novel should be a form of art - but art was not enough. It must contain not only the perfection of art,…

— Ellen Glasgow

Publishers, theatrical managers, and critics ask not for the quality inherent in creative art, but will it meet with a good sale, will it…

— Emma Goldman

Art is amoral, whether we accept this or not; it does not take sides. The finest fictions are cold at heart.

— John Banville

The quality an artist must have is objectivity in judging his work, plus the honesty and courage not to kid himself about it.

— William Faulkner

Mediocre art is far worse than bad art. Bad art does not waste our time.

— Don Paterson

Those works whose ideal has not as much living reality and, as it were, personality as the beloved one or a friend had better…

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

“If a work of art is rich and vital and complete, those who have artistic instincts will see its beauty, and those to whom…

— Oscar Wilde