Art Quote by J. E. H. MacDonald

The critic, to interpret his artist, even to understand his artist, must be able to get into the mind of his artist; he must…

— H. L. Mencken

The first assumption of an art critic is that the artist meant to paint something else.

— Robert Breault

“The proper function of the critic is to save the tale from the artist who created it.”

— D.H. Lawrence

The motif must always be set down in a simple way, easily grasped and understood by the beholder. By the elimination of superfluous detail,…

— Alfred Sisley

Never trust the artist. Trust the tale. The proper function of the critic is to save the tale from the artist who created it.

— D. H. Lawrence

A critic should always strive to recapture the sense of wonder and surprise with which he first beheld a now-familiar work of art.

— Terry Teachout

The Function of Criticism is the display the understand of art and re-formation of taste, there is promoting by understand and enjoyment of art.

— Anonymous

The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.

— Oscar Wilde

“It's been said that the role of the artist is to teach us to see and that's true. However, the role of other artists…

— Brooks Jensen

“There are things the artist intends, and things the viewer sees, and what the viewer sees isn't always what the artist intends. Isn't always…

— Julie Anne Long

The artist usually sets out -- or used to -- to point a moral and adorn a tale. The tale, however, points the other…

— Anonymous

It is harder to see than it is to express. The whole value of art rests in the artist's ability to see well into…

— Robert Henri