Art Quote by Jennifer Birkett

“Pellerin used to read every available book on aesthetics, in the hope of discovering the true theory of Beauty, for he was convinced that…

— Gustave Flaubert

“The best works of art are never innocuous: they alter the viewer's perceptual predictions. It is only when the patterns of our vision are…

— Siri Hustvedt

“...There are issues worth advancing in images worth admiring; and the truth is never "plain," nor appearances ever "sincere." To try to make them…

— Dave Hickey

What we need is a critique of visual culture that is alert to the power of images for good and evil and that is…

— William J. Mitchell

The decision as to when to photograph, the actual click of the shutter, is partly controlled from the outside, by the flow of life,…

— Paul Strand

“And, as in the case of sensible images, if the artist look without distraction upon the archetypal form, not distracted by sight of anything…

— Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite

“Humans tend to cling on to a picture that was painted in front of their eyes, instead of opening up their mind to the…

— Lionel Suggs

In common with other artists the photographer wants his finished print to convey to others his own response to his subject. In the fulfillment…

— Edward Weston

“Art transcends selfish and obsessive limitations of personality and can enlarge the sensibility of its consumer. It is a kind of goodness by proxy.…

— Iris Murdoch

Leaving aside the mysteries and the inequities of human talent, brains, taste, and reputations, the matter of art in photography may come down to…

— Walker Evans

Everything that we see in our daily lives is more or less distorted by acquired habits and this is perhaps more evident in an…

— Henri Matisse

That's what painting does; it organizes vision in a certain way or suggests that certain things be paid attention to and certain other things…

— Jasper Johns