Art Quote by Leonardo da Vinci

Nothing has a more sinister effect on art than the artist's desire to prove that he's good. The terrible temptation of idealism!

— Philip Roth

If evil means to be self-motivated, to be the center of one’s own universe, to live on one’s own terms, then every artist, every…

— Janet Fitch

What you might consider a bad work can be of extreme interest to an artist in ways which are not about its being a…

— Jasper Johns

The worst sin that can be committed against the artist is to take him at his word, to see in his work a fulfillment…

— Henry Miller

I do not know what evil is when it comes to art. I only know what is good art and what is bad art.

— Chaim Potok

Nothing has a more sinister effect on art than the artist's desire to prove that he's good. The terrible temptation of idealism! You must…

— Philip Roth

The damnable thing about bad art is that the insincerity which lies at its roots is not perceived by the artist himself.

— Quentin Bell

“Any artist who fails to engage with society and the vulnerability of the individual in a cruel existence should not style him-or herself an…

— Lena Andersson

The artist is extremely lucky who is presented with the worst possible ordeal which will not actually kill him. At that point, he's in…

— John Berryman

The question of good and evil will always be one of philosophy's most intriguing problems, up there with the problem of existence itself...If evil…

— Anonymous

Bad artists ignore the darkness of human existence. Good artists often get stuck there. Great artists embrace the full catastrophe of our condition and…

— Anonymous

Bad artists always admire each other's work. They call it being large-minded and free from prejudice. But a truly great artist cannot conceive of…

— Oscar Wilde