Art Quote by Herbert Read

It's hard to fathom the psychology of the economics of art. I don't quite understand it, and I don't necessarily want to understand it.

— Philip Taaffe

I believe that economics is based on scarcity of markets. And it's possible to monetize your art without compromising the integrity of it for…

— Nipsey Hussle

Art's a staple. Like bread or wine or a warm coat in winter. Those who think it is a luxury have only a fragment…

— Irving Stone

Religion and art spring from the same root and are close kin. Economics and art are strangers.

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

Money is something that can be measured; art is not. It's all subjective.

— Jerry Saltz

Art is the consciousness of currency.

— Andrew Lakey

Art is the expression of the conviction that we can have a rational relationship with the world and each other. It isn't the faith…

— Edward Bond

I think if art has one underlying value, it's that.

— Tavares Strachan

Art is not about objects of high monetary exchange. It's about reasserting our firsthand experience in present time.

— Antony Gormley

Art tends toward balance, order, judgment of relative values, the laws of growth, the economy of living – very good things for anyone to…

— Robert Henri

Art is always the index of social vitality, the moving finger that records the destiny of a civilization. A wise statesman should keep an…

— Herbert Read

Art is often valuable precisely because it isn't a sensible way to make money.

— Adam Davidson