Art Quote by Mike Curran

To tell you the truth, I am rather perplexed by the concept of 'art'. What one person considers to be 'art' is often not…

— M. C. Escher

Kitsch is deep in its superficiality. Art is superficially deep.

— Odd Nerdrum

The essence of kitsch is the confusion of ethical and esthetic categories; kitsch wants to produce not the "good" but the "beautiful."

— Hermann Broch

Within the category of Kitsch we can thus distinguish between more and less successful paintings. Kitsch, too has its masterpieces.

— Karsten Harries

Kitsch is certainly not "bad art," it forms its own closed system.

— Hermann Broch

The maker of kitsch does not create inferior art, he is not an incompetent or a bungler, he cannot be evaluated by aesthetic standards;…

— Hermann Broch

At its core, kitsch feels like something less than art; it panders to the middle and is flagrantly anti-art, though it often apes or…

— Carrie Brownstein

The power of works of art still continues to be secretly nourished by imitation... kitsch

— Theodor Adorno

The problem with kitsch is that it is all too profound, manipulating deep libidinal and ideological forces, while true art knows how to remain…

— Slavoj Žižek

Modern art was born from a desire to destroy kitsch.

— Roger Scruton

Kitsch is: a species of beauty, which, as it is florid and superficial, pleases at first; but soon palls upon the taste, and is…

— David Hume

Because modernism has conquered art, kitsch is the savior of talent and devotion.

— Odd Nerdrum