Art Quote by Madonna Ciccone

You may dislike the intention enormously but your judgment of the artistic merit of the work must not be based on your view of…

— Edward Albee

“When it comes to forming opinions on works of art, people look to others. Most people end up liking paintings, songs and movies just…

— Abhaidev

Art points to things. It's a way of giving people not the standard way of looking at the world.

— Glenn Ligon

You have to challenge people to reconsider what is art, what is taste. Because it's someone's point-of-view.

— Sean Stone

I think it's really important as an artist not to be drawn to the haters, because there are so many people who are nice…

— Lisa Yuskavage

Many of the artists are not pretending to have an objective point of view. They're revealing the subjectivity.

— Massimiliano Gioni

What's the point of art, of any art, if it doesn't let us see with a little bit of objectivity where we are?

— Ali Smith

I think as much as possible, an artist, if he has any kind of social or political concern, has to…expose as much as possible…

— Keith Haring

I think every artist should follow their vision, their hearts is what they need to reveal, not something that society is looking out for.

— Serj Tankian

People who look at art don't really - don't go with the artist. They don't sort of accept what he or she has done…

— Robert Barry

It may be fine for an artist to be indifferent to the reaction of the viewer to a work of art. A vigorous debate…

— Richard Edelman

A work of art has no importance whatever to society. It is only important to the individual, and only the individual reader is important…

— Vladimir Nabokov