Art Quote by Laura Mullen

All worthy work is open to interpretations the author did not intend. Art isn't your pet -- it's your kid. It grows up and…

— Joss Whedon

“In art nothing is more secondary than the author's intentions.”

— Jorge Luis Borges

“The intention (of an artist) is (the same as a scientist)...to discover and reveal what is unsuspected but significant in life.”

— H W Leggett

The artist likes to seem totally responsible for his work. Often he begins to explain it, to make it appear as if it were…

— Arthur Erickson

“Thus the fundamental form-determining intention of the novel is objectivised as the psychology of the novel's heroes: they are seekers.”

— Georg Lukacs

Once we know the plot and its surprises, we can appreciate a book's artistry without the usual confusion and sap flow of emotion, content…

— Michael Dirda

“Lawrence's claims for the vital self and his inability to make it convincing independently of Freudian psychology are serious flaws in the novel, explain…

— John E. Stoll

It reminded us that propaganda in some form or other lurks in every book, that every work of art has a meaning and a…

— George Orwell

A piece of art - this goes for a painting or a sculpture or a book or whatever - really shouldn't have to do…

— Max Kellerman

“And form this kind of thought has emerged a new conclusion: which is that it is not only childish of a writer to want…

— Doris Lessing

The novel is the first art form that is an honest-to-god commodity. That's what makes it different from both high art and folk art.

— Leslie Fiedler

The author may not interpret. But he must tell why and how he wrote his book.

— Umberto Eco