Art Quote by Karsten Harries

The problem with kitsch is that it is all too profound, manipulating deep libidinal and ideological forces, while true art knows how to remain…

— Slavoj Žižek

Because modernism has conquered art, kitsch is the savior of talent and devotion.

— Odd Nerdrum

The power of works of art still continues to be secretly nourished by imitation... kitsch

— Theodor Adorno

Some artists shrink from self-awareness, fearing that it will destroy their unique gifts and even their desire to create. The truth of the matter…

— James Broughton

Modern art was born from a desire to destroy kitsch.

— Roger Scruton

Kitsch is deep in its superficiality. Art is superficially deep.

— Odd Nerdrum

Facing the kitsch aesthetic is the unfathomable world of myths.

— Saul Friedlander

By translating their inner turmoil or understanding into art, artists challenge the accepted notions of reality and create new ones.

— Wes Nisker

One function of art is to de-kitschify kitsch.

— John Bayley

“It follows, then, that the aesthetic ideal of the categorical agreement with being is a world in which shit is denied and everyone acts…

— Milan Kundera

“Any artist is insulted by the suggestion that art is merely a matter of recording reality, and knows that it is impossible to explain…

— Joan Lindsay

Art and irony would disintegrate the personality, kitsch makes it whole.

— Mike Curran