Art Quote by Louise Bourgeois

A work of art doesn't have to be explained,

— Louise Bourgeois

Why should I need an artist to explain a work of art to me? Why should it not speak out to me itself?

— Mahatma Gandhi

Art does not explain.

— Chuck Cannon

The art is just really mysterious. If I understood it more, maybe I would write more.

— Junot Diaz

If I've grown as an artist, it will be represented in the art. There's no need to explain it.

— Matisyahu

The art has to make it on its own, without explanations, and it’s the same for poetry. If the poem or the painting has…

— Lawrence Ferlinghetti

I can't criticize what I don't understand. If you want to call this art, you've got the benefit of all my doubts.

— Charles Rosin

It's hard to explain your emotions when you see a work of art.

— Eli Broad

If I don't understand it, it must be art.

— Bono

I imagine explaining a work of art to my grandmother in five minutes, and if I can't explain it in five minutes, then it's…

— Shea Hembrey

Above all, it is a matter of loving art, not understanding it.

— Fernand Leger

That’s the thing you have to understand about the whole process of art (or the work that we do) – you’re only half of…

— Austin Kleon