Art Quote by Kerry James Marshall

Since the beginning of the 20th century, the public's relationship to art has been weakened by a profound institutional reluctance to address the question…

— Alain de Botton

I'd rather get back to making art than talk about it.

— Jock Sturges

I still believe that the best art - be it music, comedy, painting, etc. - is the art that hasn't been asked for, or…

— Matt Berry

Art is making something better without knowing what better is until you make it.

— Walter Darby Bannard

I think what's happened in art criticism, or art thinking, in last 30 or 40 years is a confusion between the "what" - the…

— Joe Bradley

What we want from art is whatever is missing from the lives we are already living and making. Something is always missing, and so…

— Jane Hirshfield

Art is not great. Music is not great. It's just that they tickle us. When one steadfastly refuses greatness - then and then only…

— John Marin

Art is going to make a bigger comeback than ever. That's the upside to things getting challenging.

— Lady Gaga

Art is good, bad, boring, ugly, useful to us or not. It does or doesn't disturb optical monotony, and succeeds or fails in surmounting…

— Jerry Saltz

For me, Art is the restoration of order. It may discuss all sort of terrible things, but there must be satisfaction at the end.…

— Toni Morrison

It's not ideal when art is seen as just some passing entertainment quickly thrown out into the market, like a consumer object. You have…

— Christine Leunens

You can't really appreciate a work of art until you can understand how difficult it was to create. And that's probably true of any…

— Laurence Overmire