Art Quote by Joyce Carol Oates

I found so-called great art too pompous, too stiff. What at this time was called minor art was freer, more imaginative, more open to…

— Jacques Lipchitz

A proof of really great art is that it is generally true - it seldom falls into the misapprehensions to which minor art is…

— Lafcadio Hearn

A compromise is the art of dividing a cake in such a way that everyone believes he has the biggest piece.

— Ludwig Erhard

I'm a bluesman, which means that I put an emphasis on the minor keys.

— Cornel West

I don't use the word minority because there is nothing minor about me.

— Piri Thomas

A minor operation is one that is done on someone else

— Richard Selzer

I think about fanaticism - oblivion awaits, especially for minor writers, so you have to be a fanatic; you have to be a crank…

— Cynthia Ozick

Have never been a minor league fan.

— W. P. Kinsella

I always considered myself a minor writer. My province is small, and I try to explore it very, very thoroughly.

— Leonard Cohen

The point of my work is to show that culture and education arent simply hobbies or minor influences. They are hugely important in the…

— Pierre Bourdieu

For many people, commuting is the worst part of the day, and policies that can make commuting shorter and more convenient would be a…

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

To be a very, very minor, eighth-tier celebrity, you realize, 'Hey, celebrities are just like us.'

— Nate Silver