Art Quote by Marcia Tucker

“The representative element in a work of art may or may not be harmful; always it is irrelevant. For, to appreciate a work of…

— Clive Bell

An artist may have burdens the ordinary citizen doesn't know, but the ordinary citizen has burdens that many artists never even touch.

— Patti Smith

“An artist can do whatever the artist want. The work they do will not always be appreciated by all, but still it's their work…

— Atle Jarnæs Lerøy

“Art should be for sale. The artist should not.”

— A.E. Samaan

“Art is too often discounted as a secondary priority. The writer is necessary to society.”

— Kayla Rae Whitaker

“An artist that makes art merely to meet a demand is a slave to what his patrons wants to see, or, hear.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Art does not reproduce what is visible, it makes things visible.”

— Paul Klee

“It is an artist's duty to reflect the times.”

— Nina Simone

Let them understand above all that the artist works from necessity; that he, too, is a minute element of the world to whom one…

— Pablo Picasso

“Whatever in a work of art is not used, is doing harm.”

— C.S. Lewis

“I think museums are dead boring. I don't like most of the pictures on their walls. With modern pieces you never know if it's…

— Jutta Profijt

Art should be created for life, not for the museum

— Jean Nouvel