America Quote by Miles Davis

I will never permit myself to give in to American taste and lower the standards of art.

— Sholom Aleichem

I think in a way the great irony or paradox about America is that it makes it so hard for the sensitive person, the…

— Hubert Selby, Jr

There is only one reason for art in America, and that is that the people of America learn the means of expressing themselves in…

— Robert Henri

I feel sometimes an American artist must feel, like a baseball player or something - a member of a team writing American history.

— Willem de Kooning

Art is not like other culture because its success is not made by its audience. The public fill concert halls and cinemas every day,…

— Banksy

As a longtime fan of talk radio, I'm very worried about the low opinion that conservative hosts and callers have of the American artist.…

— Camille Paglia

American art, like America, must wait and live a while longer.

— Raoul Dufy

America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist.

— Carlisle Floyd

I feel that America is essentially against the artist, that the enemy of America is the artist, because he stands for individuality and creativeness,…

— Henry Miller

The artist is something of an outsider in America. I have always felt that America does not value its artists, certainly not in the…

— Carlisle Floyd

Making art in America is sort of a political statement in and of itself. It's not the best environment for that sometimes.

— Steve Earle

The arts in America exist in spite of America, not because of America.

— Henry Rollins