Art Quote by Jonathan Lethem

“Art is the social antithesis of society, not directly deducible from it.”

— Anonymous

“Art is just another way to describe and classify reality – its mystical aspects merely a function of ignorance.”

— Neal Asher

“The artist's job is not to succumb to despair, but to find an antidote for the emptiness of existance”

— Woody Allen

“Nothing touches a work of art so little as words of criticism: they always result in more or less fortunate misunderstandings. Things aren't all…

— Rainer Maria Rilke

“Art is lunging forward without certainty about where you are going or how to get there, being open to and dependent on what luck,…

— Mark Vonnegut

“Behind every work of art lies an uncommitted crime”

— Theodor Adorno

“But in the case of an artist, weakness is nothing less than a crime, when it is a weakness that paralyses the imagination. ”

— Oscar Wilde

Art is man's refuge from adversity.

— Menander

“The absence of limitations is the enemy of art.”

— Orson Welles

“What if I began to believe that the critique isn’t just an unwelcome part of the art-making process but might actually make the art…

— Emily P. Freeman

“Art should be a place of hope, not doubt. And your doubts rise from inexperience, which is not a dishonorable thing.”

— Stephen King

“Through art they confuse us and blind us to our enslavement. Art adorns our prison walls, keeps us silent and diverted and indifferent.”

— Jim Morrison