Ambition Quote by Kyo Maclear

“Art becomes so specialized as to be comprehensible only to artists, and they complain bitterly of public indifference to their work. Competition arises. The…

— Wassily Kandinsky

“To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art. ”

— E.M. Forster

“What is art if not a concentrated and impassioned effort to make something with the little we have, the little we see?”

— Andre Dubus

The smallest thing, well done, becomes artistic.

— William Matthews

“The function of the overwhelming majority of your artwork is simply to teach you how to make the small fraction of your artwork that…

— David Bayles and Ted Orland

It seems to me that today, if the artist wishes to be serious - to cut out a little original niche for himself, or…

— Edgar Degas

“Selling out had never been a problem before because no one had wanted to buy. Why are we kneecapping ourselves with artistic principles when…

— Matthew De Abaitua

“Conformity no longer leads to comfort. But the good news is that creativity is scarce, and more valuable than ever. So is choosing to…

— Seth Godin

“We intuitively reject art when the cost to make it is less than the cost to buy it.”

— Elizabeth Hyde Stevens

“Art is always more abstract than we fancy. Form and colour tell us of form and colour - that is all. It often seems…

— Oscar Wilde

“... when people are getting poorer, and children are growing more hungry and sick all around you, it is simply not enough for an…

— Kazuo Ishiguro

There is such opacity within the art market. There's also an abundance of fraud and misrepresented goods, which leads to mistrust between buyers and…

— Alexander Gilkes