Art Quote by Oscar Wilde

A clear idea about the nature of quality in art will always result in inferior art tailored to it.

— Walter Darby Bannard

True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I deny that art can be taught, or, in other words, maintain that art is completely individual, and that the talent of each artist…

— Gustave Courbet

Therefore, the quality of one's art is determined most by the interpretation of the art, rather than the thought of the artist himself, for…

— SangFroid Stalker

One never finishes learning about art. There are always new things to discover. Great works of art seem to look different every time one…

— Ernst Gombrich

The entire vitality of art depends upon its being either full of truth, or full of use; and that, however pleasant, wonderful, or impressive…

— John Ruskin

When comparing works of art, it is important that the art itself, and not the artists, be considered.

— T. S. Eliot

If we investigate the vague feelings of the average man towards the arts, we find that he is timid and that he has developed…

— Walter Gropius

“Creativity and expression of one’s art can only be measured by the audience to whom it was intended for.  Not everyone is going to…

— Anne-Rae Vasquez

Works of Art can only be produc'd in Perfection where the Man is either in Affluence or is Above the Care of it.

— William Blake

History may clarify our understanding of the supreme work of art, but can never account for it completely; for the Time of art is…

— Andre Malraux

In every work of art the subject is primordial, whether the artist knows it or not. The measure of the formal qualities is only…

— Alberto Giacometti